Sassy!

Red Squirrel, Laudholm Farms, Wells Maine

I was hoping for a Red Squirrel yesterday. I always hope for a Red Squirrle when walking the boardwalk through the forest at Laudholm Farms (Wells National Estuarine Reserach Reserve). I see one maybe 1 in 10 walks, but it is enough to keep me hopeful. Always in the past they have been down on the boardwalk eating seeds and nuts that gather there…but yesterday this one surprised me in dead tree along the trail…ideally posed against the background of green leaves…and sitting on an attractive lichen covered branch. I felt truly blessed. 

Red Squirrels are among the sassyist of creatures…full of attitude, and this one was no exception. He or she was busy with some grooming and was not about to surrender his or her branch just because a human was near. 

Sony Rx10iii at 600mm equivalent. Program mode. ISO 500 @ f4 @ 1/250th. Processed in Polarr. 

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