Chickadee Takes a Bath

As we were eating supper last nite, a Black-Capped Chickadee arrived to take a rather vigorous bath in the deck pool.
Fortunately, it's right outside the dining room window, so I quickly reached around to my desk and grabbed my camera to capture this one quick photo. Isn't it amazing how much water this tiny little bird is able to splash around?

Cuteness Continued!

I saw that Richard featured a 2-part Cuteness post in his At The Water blog a couple weeks ago and here's my version of baby squirrel cuteness continued!

I first noticed a tiny red squirrel walking across the patio while I was downstairs ironing the other day and couldn't believe how small it was (even smaller than my chipmunks!)

I can't remember ever seeing such a little one before -- of course, up until this year, the red squirrels also weren't very common visitors in the backyard.

Yesterday I happened to spot this little one again and decided to take the camera outside and see if I could get some photos.

Not at all fearful of humans was this little one, so I was able to get within about 4 feet to take these photos.

I know they can be super naughty and also very destructive, but that doesn't take away from their cuteness, does it?

They're definitely fun to watch!

This one is my favorite and also my new desktop wallpaper.