Red Squirrel. Photograph, 7 x 5 in. Copyright 2007, Tania Nault.
One of my goals during our trip to Narrow Hills Provincial Park this summer was to photograph White-tail Deer. I knew that deer wandered near the cabins during the early morning hours. Although I’m not a morning person, I woke up before sunrise and headed out. Fast forward several hours and I finally had to admit that this would not be the morning I’d get my deer. So I decided to switch gears and head back along a trail I knew led past a small meadow where rabbits often hung out. I was walking along quietly when I saw a little rabbit through the trees, sitting just along the treeline. I moved off the trail and was moving in to take my shot when an explosion went off in my left ear. I practically peed myself and the rabbit? Well, it didn’t so much run away as it disappeared. It was quite amazing really, almost as though it had never been sitting there at all. I looked into the tree to see what had made the sound and found myself almost face-to-face with a Red Squirrel. He stopped his barrage long enough for me to take the above photo.
No motion sensor or car alarm I’ve ever seen is as effective as that squirrel. And no, I never did get any deer photos.
