I'm just nuts about you! Baby squirrels share a kiss as they shelter in a tree

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:10 PM on 5th October 2010

These adorable baby red squirrels seem to be sharing a kiss while hiding in a tree.  The cute animals gave each other an affectionate peck while on a branch five metres high up a fir tree.

The intimate moment was captured by part time photographer Sergey Bezberdy after he stumbled across a mother and her five babies.

Mr Bezberdy had been taking photos in a park when some movement in a tree caught his eye. The 33-year-old wandered up to the tree and found the squirrels larking about while their mother was on a branch below.

 Mr Bezberdy, from Minsk, Belarus, took the photos in the city's Gorky Park.

He said: 'I noticed some movement inside the fur-tree about 15 metres from me so I went closer to get a better look.

'I was shocked when I peered in and saw the squirrels running about on the branch, at about head height.

'They felt absolutely comfortable about my presence and were not frightened at all. Of course I was excited, we have a quite a lot of red squirrels in this park but I have never seen little ones before and so close.

'There were five little ones, with their mother below, and they were playing just like little kids.'

Bezberdy added: 'They were so close and unfortunately I didn't have quite the right lens but there was no time to change it. They let me stay quite long and I got some good shots.

'After about ten minutes quite a crowd had gathered and parents were showing them to their children. Then the squirrels scampered off.

'Over the next two weeks I went back to the tree five or six times armed with almonds but sadly they were nowhere to be found.

'I guess it really was a once in a lifetime opportunity.'