Taking a photo of a squirrel, that was something I always wanted to do. They are like undercover agents, they operate in the hidden and do only come out to show you that they also could get a job in a circus. Jumping from tree to tree, climbing all verticals, crazy little acrobats. Running through the undergrowth taking all obstacles. They are not only little champions, they are also cute.
I never had luck to get a decent photo of a squirrel with my point and shoot or smartphone camera. Now with the DSLR and faster shutter speed, the chance is much higher, at least if they come out for a show of course. Above you can basically see my first squirrel photo that looks not too bad. I have some more, I will show them soon.
Diary of Dennis 
Like your comparison of squirrels to undercover agents. Can there be a squirrel equivalent of James Bond?
I think that idea would make a good new 3d animation comedic movie… 🙂
10/10 would watch 😀
“The Secret Lives of Glamorous Squirrels” ha ha
Or something like this…
“The Secret Guards of the Tree Branches Chapter 1: That Escalated Quickly, Someone Threw A Nut!” 😀
Great shot.. Love this!
I am glad you like the photo. 🙂
Absolutely!
Squirrels are so cute. We don’t have them here but I saw some in England.
Thanks, that is interesting, I thought they would be common in a lot of countries including Australia. I never read about Squirrels, I should do this now. 🙂
Wondering where this squirrel resides. Our squirrels here look so different. To us, this almost looks like our chipmunks.
This one you see on the photo is a very common squirrel here in Germany, that’s how ours look like.
They do build nests on branch forks 6 meters above the ground. But a nest of a squirrel is called drey. I have read they build 2 and sometimes up to 8 of them and move from one to the other. So, they use them all as bases 🙂
They are day active but use some of the nests for periods of rest at day time. Then they use others for the sleep at night. 🙂
Thanks for all of that information! One more thing. Do people in Germany consider squirrels a rodent, food, or just cute, furry animals?
We don’t see any problems with them, they rarely come out and if so they don’t destroy anything, they just come out to show you some stunts (jumping from tree to tree) most people I know just think they are cute 🙂
Animals like martens are much more hated here but only due to the fact that they love to go under car hoods to destroy cables and so 😀 Then there are people who dislike moles because they destroy lawns, some people do even put traps on their lawns to stop them.
So, I never heard anyone talking bad about Squirrels. 🙂
I have never seen a squirrel,but i wish to see one
I assume there are no squirrels in your country? That’s sad, they are so cute but they are shy… that said, I only see one once a week, so shy 🙂
Yeah,its so sad there are no squirrels on my country.I really want to see one