I was sitting at our dining table and saw movement outside. This little fellow was at the sliding glass door, looking into our house, like he was hoping for an invitation to tea. I admit, it was a little unnerving.
He’s cute but yeah... his posture, unnerving stare... lol this actually made me smile cute vs I mean business look... in for tea... hilarious. Either way, it’s a fav! ESP with your narrative.
Oh how wonderful to have a black squirrel come to visit! Are they common on the island? I think I would have been a bit unnerved too by the way he was watching you! I only ever see squirrels from a distance normally with the boys chasing it up a tree!
Bold fellow, isn't he? Well caught.
They've made their way across the pond to us in the UK. I've never seen one although it seems they have been seen in two of the counties neighbouring the one in which I live.
@pamknowler@onewing@kjarn@kvphoto@lyndamcg@rosiekind@kali66@elatedpixie Thanks for your visit, comments, and questions. Some quick answers: black squirrels are pretty common up here, along with the gray ones. No red ones at all. We have about 4 or so that are very active at the moment, running around our deck and gathering acorns for the winter, we think. They are like clowns and a lot of fun to watch -- not at all menacing. But we don't feed them as we don't want to encourage them to come near the doors. The one pictured here is unusual in that he came right up to the door, put his paw on the screen as if trying to figure out how to open it, stared at me as if to ask for some help, and overall just seemed very curious. However, we are now faithfully keeping screen and glass doors closed tightly!
So right not to encourage them. Even without encouragement friends end up with squirrels nesting in their loft every few year and they do quite a bit of damage.
If he came looking so earnestly for a hand-out someone has obviously fed him before. He will eventually realize you have no food for him and move on. When I'm not feeding peanuts to my squirrel I have to slide the screen to the side though- otherwise the squirrel climbs up it to get a better look inside! First one to do that- the others just came back later. Good shot!
They've made their way across the pond to us in the UK. I've never seen one although it seems they have been seen in two of the counties neighbouring the one in which I live.