Especially when it comes to their food. We laid a natural platter out for her, but see what she selects to eat.
Look at that. The yellow fruits behind her are faulty granadillas that dropped down from the bushes.
At the front are some acorns that my wife collected below the trees when we go for a walk in nature. Normally the squirrels collect the unripe granadilla fruits, to go and bury them somewhere. But not this little lady, as she was very hungry.
This was taken by me while I was standing in our small front garden.
So come and let me show you how fussy this little madam is.
The last photo is of a massive American Bulldog and he is an International champion.
There were 4 of them on a photoshoot, and I will soon do a post on them.
The squirrel entered through the fence, and she started sniffing around.
Somebody needs to tell me how a squirrel knows that a fruit is not ripe yet. She ignored the granadillas, and I was happy to see that she decided to go for an acorn.
Happiness is as she decided to eat the acorn.
But no, her face told me that the acorn was not good.
She dropped the nice big acorn, and then decided to rather eat one of the little acorns.
And finally, there she sat, eating the smaller acorns.
What a luck, as they were doing a professional photoshoot of the American Bulldogs, and we met all of the owners. A very friendly lot and they had no problem with me also taking photos of the dogs.
But I will reveal all about the dogs, most probably on Friday, so keep an eye out for it. Amazing critters.
That's it for today, and we were so glad to see that little squirrel. Nothing like our old house where we had 2 squirrel families living in our garden, but these little squirrels that come in from the river, are all seriously wild creatures.
But in saying this, the squirrel didn't mind me standing close to her, about 3 or 4 meters away. Should I move however, then she would take off like a rocket.
We are now in this house for a year and a half, and not for a lack of trying, the squirrels will not yet take food from my hand. Maybe one day, but then we will not be staying here anymore.
Such is life!
I hope that you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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