Project 366...
Dec. 27th, 2008 10:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deltamissI am so easily entertained. *sigh*
Early this morning I ventured up to the upstairs porch. It was foggy and damp, but I thought I might get a good shot of something from on high. I took pictures of the chime tree from above, but those didn't satisfy me - mainly because I couldn't get all of them in one shot and the closeups of one just didn't do it.
Within minutes I heard noises in the jungle out back. Seriously, it sounded like an elephant tromping through the trees. Finally, I pinpointed the sound. Squirrels were building a nest! There were at least four of them scampering through the pine and magnolia trees, chewing off twigs and carrying them back to the construction site.
This is what the nest looked like at 7:15 this morning...in the fog...I had to use the zoom, too.
I so wanted to capture one of the squirrels carrying a twig, but they are so quick! I managed to get a couple of tail shots and one with a magnolia twig in his mouth.
The nest grew and grew with each contribution!
See the tail?
One of the crew hopped over closer to check out the human. He twitched just as I snapped, of course, but he had been looking directly at me.
A close up of his...um...*shudder*...paws...and my photo of the day...'EEEEEK!'
Early this morning I ventured up to the upstairs porch. It was foggy and damp, but I thought I might get a good shot of something from on high. I took pictures of the chime tree from above, but those didn't satisfy me - mainly because I couldn't get all of them in one shot and the closeups of one just didn't do it.
Within minutes I heard noises in the jungle out back. Seriously, it sounded like an elephant tromping through the trees. Finally, I pinpointed the sound. Squirrels were building a nest! There were at least four of them scampering through the pine and magnolia trees, chewing off twigs and carrying them back to the construction site.
This is what the nest looked like at 7:15 this morning...in the fog...I had to use the zoom, too.
I so wanted to capture one of the squirrels carrying a twig, but they are so quick! I managed to get a couple of tail shots and one with a magnolia twig in his mouth.
The nest grew and grew with each contribution!
See the tail?
One of the crew hopped over closer to check out the human. He twitched just as I snapped, of course, but he had been looking directly at me.
A close up of his...um...*shudder*...paws...and my photo of the day...'EEEEEK!'