Photos of a squirrel

I met this small rodent friend last weekend while walking on Mont-Royal. He was gathering withered leaves and taking them in a tree's hollow to furnish his nest.

I could not however take a picture of this behaviour, as when I opened my backpack to take the camera out he immediately approached me, presumably to seek nuts.

After photographing him with difficulty, for his movements made it hard to frame for my 90mm prime lens, I left him the due payment of a dozen pumpkin seeds.

Bonus pigeon:

I used a Sony a77 camera and a 90mm f/2.8 Tamron macro lens (after undusting it, as it had not been used since autumn. A macro lens is seldom very useful in winter).

-aoi
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