Grey Squirrel: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, January 2026 — Things are pretty quiet in our neighborhood, critter-wise, here in the early days of January. We pretty much are reduced to the year-round resident birds (with a few who winter here from higher latitudes) and even the chipmunks and mice are somewhere out of sight, keeping warm and alive. The squirrels, on the other hand, are out and about, and as active as ever. In summer, you see the squirrels stretched out as long as they can reach along a branch in a shady spot on their bellies with their legs hanging down on either side, trying to cool off in the mid-day sun. In winter, they cuddle up to branches near the trunk out of the wind, paws tucked under, in a sunny spot if they can find one, trying to stay warm. Clever critters. Sony a6700. Sigma 16-300 at 450mm equivalent field of view. Program with bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.