Maybe it’s my day today!
I guess one of the things I’ll have to get used to as an aspiring amateur wildlife photographer is just never knowing if I’ll see anything – or if I’ll be quick enough to capture the moment! This week I went out for a couple of hours hoping to get some great pictures of some passerines which I’ve seen flapping around one of the trails I frequent – but after following the chirps and quirks around the forest for what seemed like the better part of a couple of hours, I’d given up and turned homewards.
And just as fate had it, there they were! Which was when I suddenly heard this weird, knocking noise coming from behind me – where I found this little fellow putting on some of those gains before winter!
Found the red squirrel chomping down his fika.
Dropped the afternoon snack. Not a big fan of the five-second-rule?
Not the hero Umeå deserves, but the hero it needs!