Teeny blackish/red squirrel in the garden...ADORABLE!!!

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The reflection of my bird feeders and garden is in his eye!! I was able to get within a foot of this itsy bitsy squirrel!!! He’s very different than our red or grey squirrels

This is a Douglas squirrel. a quote from one of John Muir’s fabulous writings about this little guy:

"One never tires of this bright chip of nature,—this brave little voice crying in the wilderness,—of observing his many works and ways, and listening to his curious language. His musical, piny gossip is as savory to the ear as balsam to the palate; and, though he has not exactly the gift of song, some of his notes are as sweet as those of a linnet—almost flute-like in softness, while others prick and tingle like thistles. He is the mocking-bird of squirrels, pouring forth mixed chatter and song like a perennial fountain; barking like a dog, screaming like a hawk, chirping like a blackbird or a sparrow; while in bluff, audacious noisiness he is a very jay."

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