When I last left my friend, he was peeping in my window and begging for me to feed him more almonds. He has been coming to my window almost daily so I’ve been tossing out a few almonds and then waiting. On this particular day though, I had opened the window and tossed out some treats without seeing my friend in the window. I hadn’t seen him yet and just thought I would leave them for him to find later. The adventure continues . . . I went on with my morning and sat down to have some breakfast. When I was done eating, I looked out the window and noticed my friend snagging a snack and bounding off to hide it to eat later. I decided to wait for him to return. When he did, I couldn’t help but laugh. He did this James Bond like movement of hiding under a bush, then moving quickly to the backside of the tree and sneaking up the tree to the front all the while looking left, right, up and down as if to watch for someone coming in to steal his treats. I couldn’t help but here the James Bond theme song playing. After he made it to the front of the tree, I was able to snap the photo above. It makes me laugh just thinking about it.

After he made it down the front of the tree, he went slinking through the grass moving very slowly and flicking his tail along the way. I’m sure he was sniffing out the nuts but also watching for a predator. He still didn’t quite know what I was all about either. He continued moving closer and closer to the window in search of his tasty treat that he so desired till he found one. It was at that moment that I realized that my peeping “Squirrel Bond” Tom was really a peeping “Squirrel Bond” Mama. Yes, my squirrel friend is a female, not the frisky male I had thought he was previously. I have nicknamed her Mama. This picture doesn’t do a very good job of showing that it is a female but trust me. I have tons more photos to share that show my chubby little female mama.

This is where this day ends for now but there are plenty more adventures to come. Stay tuned to find out more about my adventure with the squirrel friend. Feel free to leave comments about my adventures with her. I would love to hear from you.

I was puzzled why, after almost 13 years of living here, a squirrel was peeping in my windows. Being that I like to take nature photos, I decided I was going to try to use this seemingly friendly opportunity to capture a few pictures. I had some old almonds from a few years ago that I had been thinking about tossing out and decided to throw them out on the grass for my friendly squirrel. I cleaned both sides of the window really good and pushed the screen to the top of the window. Now when you look out it you can’t even tell it is closed. With the window really clean and the almonds in the yard all I needed to do was wait for him to come back so I could take his picture.

Just as I thought, he came back and I was ready on the other side of the window. I got some great photos but my favorite one happened when he had eaten all the almonds I tossed in the yard. I was done taking pictures and decided to go eat my lunch. When I came back in the kitchen to put my dishes away, guess who was standing at my window looking in again? Yep, you guessed it, my squirrel friend. This time, the camera was nearby and I was able to capture this photo. This picture really makes me laugh. How could I know that this was only the beginning of much time spent at the window watching wildlife in my yard?

I’ve decided to keep my window really clean and my screen up to capture any future opportunities at wildlife photos in my yard and every now and then I even toss out a few more nuts for my friend . . . the squirrel.