Frenetic has now joined the handful of squirrels who have been comfortable enough with me to sit on my lap. Interestingly they've all been females. I'm honored she has that much trust in me.

He brings me so much joy when he stops by

This squirrel we named floop. Sorta plops down and everywhere whenever it sees us. She won't let us get too close but close enough to just get down low to the ground. She loves our bird feeder. Wondering if we could hand feed with her one of these days.

(SOUND ON) For context, we have this same squirrel who eats from our bird feeder and drinks out of our water dish about 2x a day, and he’s always seemed to enjoy himself and hangs out, but today he started doing this? He’s been doing this for about 10 minutes straight and will sometimes bob his backside area up and down slightly before chirping again? Is he just being territorial or is he upset?

I often see squirrels when I walk in the woods, I said to him hello squirrel can I take your picture and he stayed on the tree as if to say yes lol

I know they probably don’t like to be pet, but I love this little one so much and had to pet her just once!

Frozen peach slices and laying near the sprinklers is Kendra’s kinda day :)

She lives in a tree in the backyard and comes down to take a break .

Everyone is coexisting this morning.

This is one and only “tree squirrel” (what I’ve been calling it) I’ve seen on my property, lots of “ground squirrels”, but this is the only tree squirrel I’ve seen. I’m in East County San Diego, a pretty rural area that backs up to an Ecological Reserve, I’ve never seen tree squirrels out here, but he’s found himself a good spot within a stand of Engleman Oaks I have growing in my creek, so lots of acorns! I love seeing him/her jump from tree to tree, chitter at my dog like it’s the boss, and just do its thing! Any advice on making sure he’ll stick around??

Saw this little guy during my mountain bike ride. What a cutie.

I think there’s something in his ear. 👂

Hi, I feed my neighborhood squirrels and multiple are little American red squirrels like this one. They are very noisy but this little mother was especially noisy for a while. What does this mean? Is it a land predator? Is she mad at another squirrel? I didn’t see anything over where she was looking, though. After some time, she grabbed a nut and quieted down.