Sassy Red

Red Squirrel, Alewive Woods Preserve, Kennebunk Land Trust. Kennebunk ME

I told the story of this Red Squirrel, which I encountered on my hike into Alewive Pond on Thursday, in today’s Year Poem (which I will append here for your viewing pleasure :).

The photo is with the Nikon P900 at 1100mm equivalent field of view. 1/60th @ ISO 800 @ f5.6. Processed in Lightroom.

And the poem.

The red squirrel paralleled me
100 years along the trail,
always three threes ahead,
but with one eye solid on me.

Eventually he found a perch
on a branch, oh, twice my height,
just where the trail turns,
to sit safe and sass me as only
a Red Squirrel can sass…tail
arched high, little paws, tiny
claws clenched, every ounce
of his ten, behind the eye
that glared, that dared me
to do my worst!

Little did he know I had
my camera ready to
record his heroic posturing,
or that his antics would
be exposed on the internet
for all the world to see.

So there, Mr. Red Squirrel,
we humans can sass too.

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