squirrel

Picture this:

You're just looking outside at the beautiful sky and yard. All of a sudden something catches your eye, you see the teeny tiny picnic table you set up for squirrels, and low and behold, you see 3 squirrels using it! Then you keep looking, a little closer and it turns out that there seems to be a little party happening...because a squirrel, chipmunk, AND groundhog walk up to a teeny tiny full stacked picnic table! 

That's right! 

A squirrel, chipmunk, and groundhog were pictured sharing a meal together in Kingston, Rhode Island, and apparently, according to Ronald Lopes (who took the photos) the three get together almost every day! 

Squirrels are incredible animals -- they're crazy crafty, curious, and never give up. If they want to steal some of those seeds from your bird feeder -- you better believe they will! 

But we can't help but admire their craftiness and persistence! In fact, I'm sure we all sort of wish we had some squirrel tendencies of our own. Not that whole, burying nuts/food for the winter thing because that could get moldy and nasty quickly. 

Check out some chonky squirrels who are having their cake and eating it too! 

Danny Connor is a zoologist and wildlife photographer who lives in a deserted village in northern Sweden, surrounded by wild forests. 

One of her favorite photo objects was Remy, an adorable red squirrel who she described as "Confident and bold". 

When Danny sadly discovered Remy died after being hit by a car, she decided to "Adopt" her four babies.

On her Twitter account, she chronicles the amazing story behind it and her special connection with her new furry friends.       

Seriously, these little guys are everywhere, looking for nuts.  

Let us take this moment to salute the pesky (yet resilient) little Sciuridae in all its goofy, adorable glory.

Lumi Barron describes herself on her bio page as a "squirrel enthusiast, landowning Baron of Sealand and Fan of oatmeal". 

Good start. 

Barron is also an artist studying at Carnegie Mellon University and her interests lie in experimental stop motion animation.

One of her cool projects involves the adorable squirrels living in her backyard. 

She documents their daily activities on a dedicated Instagram page and it's so cute! 

We've been seeing a lot of really awesome creations for squirrels lately! 

We've seen a replica of the classic bar from the show "Cheers," we've seen really adorable and creative squirrel feeders such as a picnic bench!

And we've seen a squirrel cuddling with a teeny-tiny teddy bear which is just the sweetest thing ever. 

And now, wildlife photographer Sharon Cutler has taken it a step further by placing a tiny bed in her garden where squirrels frequently are. The bed was originally made to be used in a photoshoot with her daughter's guinea pig. When she uploaded the pictures onto Facebook, the reaction was instantaneous and people fell completely in love with Cyril the Squirrel. 

When @JoshuaPotash shared this cute video on twitter, people couldn't handle the thought of a cute little squirrel going to a place where everybody knows its name.

Dr. Katie LaBarbera is a behavioral ecologist and ornithologist with a PhD in Integrative Biology. 

During the weekend, she has shared a lovely story about a squirrel she's been feeding lately. 

Turns out, the squirrel became the new mother of four adorable babies and decided to build her nest inside the neighbor's car engine.  

Dr. LaBarbera helped through the first stages of motherhood.    

When Igor Grishin from Russia roamed about the forest and enjoyed nature, he suddenly saw a little squirrel who rushed right up to him and grabbed hold of his leg. Igor was surprised and tried to free himself and kept on walking. But the squirrel was not going anywhere. It was a magical love at first sight and when Igor heard dogs barking nearby, he decided to take him home and adopt him as his new pet. He called him  Chippie. Now they all live happily ever at Igor's house. Just take a look at these beautiful photos. Oh, and of course, there's also a cat :) 

Story via: Design you trust  

Meet Jill! Jill is a 7-year-old squirrel who was rescued from Hurricane Isaac. 

Jill is a "vegetarian, parkour expert whose only fear is the vacuum. But, she loves every Starbucks napkin she meets."

Jill is also the proud owner of a tiny teddy bear that she likes to cuddle with when it's bedtime -- and the internet (including us) are melting at the cuteness of it all. 

Don't you just love the "They Can Talk" comic series by Jimmy? Well, this time we have brought you the squirrel's side to the story...What do they have in mind? What are they saying to each other? What are they thinking of us, humans?

The Persic family from Pennsylvania wondered why their cat isn't working. When they popped the hood, they found some gifts from a local and very energetic squirrel. Story via: The Dodo

Oh lawd. They are chonking!

Winter is coming up and these adorably fat squirrels are all ready for it! They have just stuffed their cheeks with all the possible acorns they could find. All of them!  

Mr. Geert Wegge is a nature photographer since 2013 and looking at his work would leave you asking "How did he do it" as each photo is a masterpiece, telling a story.  

His amazing works include photographing wild squirrels in their most unique, magical, and playful nature.
Around 6 years ago, Weggen came across a fox in his doorstep. After giving him food to eat, the little fox started coming back to his balcony. After a few weeks, this fox started playing with Weggen's photography props. Soon after, birds and squirrels followed.

The red squirrels at his photos look like pro models and after months of gaining their trust, he has managed to photoshoot them in adorable and creative settings like riding a toy dragon, playing chess, eating a small cone of ice cream etc. 

When asked how he comes up with his amazing photography ideas, he explained to My Modern Mat: "I have always been a fantasist, a dreamer. Most of the time I see things that were not there according to the people around me. I would say they were wrong. The world is a big place for dreaming and fantasy. It is one big wonder. Ideas come the whole the time and they seem to never stop". 

He even built an entire outdoor studio made out of wood, trees, and of course plants. Geert has his little secret in luring the squirrels into his beautiful outdoor studio: "Food. Mostly it is about that. If I did not have food they would not come."

Check out some of his adorable photos below. For more, look into his Instagram page as well as his Facebook page.