8 feet away...he likes almonds
3 feet away...he really likes almonds (and me too!)
Crouched on my belly/elbows approx. 1 foot away... we are becoming fast friends.
This little guy/gal was on my balcony this morning when I went out to toss some left over food over the rail (I’m lazy about that whole composting thing some days, but the wildlife appreciates it). It was on the balcony, right in front of me and only backed up slightly. I tossed food over and tossed a couple almonds his way. I went back inside to grab camera and more almonds. When I opened the door again, he was RIGHT THERE and looking at me. I stuck my hand out to toss the almonds towards him and in what seemed like a nanosecond, he ran up to my hand and grabbed an almond. I almost peed myself! He backed off to go eat it. I tossed the almonds at him and began taking pictures.
The first picture was from the door way. The next, I am out on the balcony. The last, I am down on my elbows and stomach about 1 foot away from this little guy. He hung around for some time and would come closer to me if I talked to him and moved almonds closer to him.
Later, I went out to check on my garden and he was in the maple tree just barking and chattering up a storm at me. Once I went back inside and went back out onto the balcony to see if he was still in the tree carrying on, he was back on the balcony and checking me out while getting more almonds off the floor.
We have friends a couple streets over who have a squirrel that hangs out in their yard and they feed it peanuts by hand…I wonder if this is the same squirrel…
Where I’m heading off to tomorrow, at our (well, not really “our”, but ours for the week!) cottage, there are quite a few very friendly chipmunks. If you’re quiet and patient enough, they’ll usually take nuts right out of your hand… Really cool.
Comment by Idzie — July 31, 2009 @ 8:05 pm
awesome! we have chipmunks too, but ours are too shy.
Comment by michele james-parham — July 31, 2009 @ 8:12 pm