Squirrel sunbathing

Squirrel on nest box

Tuesday 24th November 2015

Confined to the house most of today, well it was raining. I was looking out of our back bedroom window, mid afternoon, when I spotted one of our friendly grey squirrels sitting on top of the bird nesting box at the bottom of the garden. I grabbed my camera and being about thirty metres from the tree, it was long lens on maximum magnification. I also needed a fast shutter speed and high iso as he kept moving about. The sun had just managed to poke through the cloud for a short time. It was quite clear that he was enjoying the first bit of sun for a few days. Within minutes, the sun had gone (so too, the squirrel) and cloud descended again. The big rusty washer is to prevent the woodpecker breaking into the box.