The Squirrel and the Rose

in Photo-essay11 months ago

Have you ever seen a squirrel admiring a rose? Let me show you then.

This is Sally, the squirrel, looking at me with curiosity or maybe wondering what I was up to with the camera making this clicking noise.

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She climbed the pine tree after I have plenty of photos of her.

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Now, let me explain how I found Sally. She is one of the two squirrels who we encounter in our factory garden. I highly suspect they live there and we may be lucky to see their babies. Fingers cross.

Each time I arrive or leave, I keep my eyes peeled, one never knows what could see. I am this type of photographer who relies on the luck. I still have not enough time to spend in one place waiting for the bird or other animal to arrive. I shoot while I walk and got little to no time to put the right settings. So, I end up with tons of blurry, not in focus and with noise photos. Anyhow, before I select the best photos of this memorable encounter, here is a gif file that will you give an idea of what I have seen.

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I was incredibly lucky to be at the right time, when Sally approached the rose, grabbing the stalk with one paw and stretching to reach it with the other.

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All I could do was to keep pressing the shutter and hoping I am goiing to have some decent photos on focus and not too dark, nor too grany.

Oh, yes, she reached it with the other paw.

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Look how much effort she put.

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And managed to bend the flower.

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A little more.

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It feels heavy and a challenging task for the squirrel, but she managed it and picked a petal.

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Hold it tight, don't let it go.

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And munch it.

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Unbelievable, isn't it? The squirrel at some point looked like she was sniffing the flower. I was extremely happy to witness this and capture such moment.

Thank you for viewing.

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Ahhh, little rascals, I did not know about the hamster. 😀

Omg it's so cute with that flower 🥰🥰🥰

It is, isn't it? 😀
You can imagine how I felt seeing it.

Funny squirrel 😂😂

She was really very, very funny. 😀

Type of photographer that relies on luck: can relate 100%! 😁 Awesome photos, never had seen a squirreel do that! !LUV

Lady Fortune be with you. 🙂
I was surprised to see the squirrel doing this too. Few days later I saw the other squirrel eating an apple, but got no camera.

Beautiful scene! 😎

Thank you. 🙂

Yay! 🤗
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He's so niice and funny 😄🌹
I also had the luck to see my first Squirrel in the Wildlife of Canada, that was a memorable moment 🤗.

Aww, thank you. 🙂
Squirrels are cute and they can be really funny.