The North American red squirrel is our most common tree squirrel. It is generally a solitary creature. It will only be with other red squirrels when the female nurses pups or when it mates.
The oestrus period for the red squirrel only lasts one or two days per year. Yesterday as pheromones rose, the female ran from the male, but did mate in the end. Today, she was positively friendly and mated five or six times. I suspect this is it now.
One shot of squirrels mating from today.
The best shot of the squirrels mating was yesterday.
Alistair…the prurient nature photographer…nothing hides from his eyes & camera!!
Karen, I merely record nature around me.