National Squirrel Appreciation Day I present some of my favorite photos of these furry bundles of energy.

Colorado 2010

Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 2019

Sarasota, Florida 2019

Kentucky 2007

Tucson, Arizona 2010

Harris’s Antelope Ground Squirrel, Tucson, Arizona 2010

Tucson, Arizona 2013

I have a few shots that deserve extra special attention, like this series I snapped in 2010 of a Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel squeezing into his hole in the high country of New Mexico (someone had been preparing for a long winter):

Or this one in Portland, Oregon back in 2012 who was clearly laughing at my attempt to photograph it:

And my all time favorite, from Rocky Mountain National Park in 2010:

Love them or despise them, you have to admit, they are characters!