Little Visitors

Living in the country and surrounded by fields, our yard is an island of short grass that attracts ground squirrels from miles around. Last Friday it appeared that a large litter had lost their parents. The babies, of varying sizes, were wandering around the yard - oblivious to the danger from our dogs and the resident red-tailed hawk. On top of all that, I needed to mow and was not about to accidentally hit one.











So I captured the three youngest and kept them up until I finished mowing the acre around their back breaking little holes and then snapped a few photos before returning them to their siblings. They are terrible about tearing up the yard with ankle-breaking, mower killing holes... but they are so cute! - Joyce Brandon