![“Hey, mister! Mister! Can you spare a peanut?” “Hey, mister! Mister! Can you spare a peanut?”](https://photos.smugmug.com/Tonys-Takes/n-hsSJf/2024/04-28-2024-Eastlake-Great-Horned-Owl-Nest-and-Squirrel/i-jQFbvg5/0/Ngsvfv7s5pfT8bPrNBrztXF9dZ8npQ9mkN9BnzzK/X4/20240428%2009-04-46%200418-X4.jpg)
Not a critter that I normally photograph, but this squirrel seemed to be begging to have its picture taken yesterday. I was hiking in to get pics of a feathery creature and the squirrel was entirely focused on me as I went by. Not wanting to deny it its 10 seconds of fame, I snapped a few captures.