Description: This is a Eastern Gray squirrel I found the other day just strolling through the beautiful campus of Southern Illinois University of Carbondale. I absolutely love this campus. After living most of my life just 5 minutes from campus, and consisting seeing it's beauty, I knew that I had to catch some wildlife shots here. Most of the year, there is usually an abundances of birds and squirrels, especially during the fall, and this day was no different.
I, myself, do not attend SIUC (although I will be transferring there sometime in 2016). So, to prevent myself from wondering around in circles, I had an undergrad friend of mine show me how to get to all of the pretty places on campus.
As we were walking from place to place, this little guy ran right at us (most likely because most squirrels on campus are use to being ignored and not bothered by being so close to people) but he honestly startled me when he ran towards me so I froze, which I suppose startled him in return lol. Not enough for him to leave the area but enough for him to stroll away from me, dig up a nut of his and climb this tree just a few meters away. This then left me the opportunity to take this shot of him.
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Date taken: November 17, 2015
Photographer: Aaliyah Muhammad (Me)
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