Just leaving home we saw this brown furball up in the tree and had to stop and see what it was. He was apparently afraid of something on the ground, and thought this was the best escape. But then, he was still obviously unhappy and was making little chirpy sounds.
We checked when we returned home about an hour later and he was down and gone.
Take a look at the next photo, to see the longer distance. So glad to have the 12x optical Lumix FZ7 now/
With the 12x optical zoom.
Buntekuh, CascadeHush, Pergamon, and 24 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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Dot Moss [deleted] 87 months ago | reply
That's pretty funny, a groundhog up a tree. Great shot!
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Buntekuh 87 months ago | reply
I didn't know that groundhog climbing on trees.
Wonderful capture of this afraid furball.
Darren Daz Cox [deleted] 87 months ago | reply
awww!!
ehsan maraghechi 87 months ago | reply
wow,Great shot,Tnx for visit and comments,
schmorgie13 87 months ago | reply
aww! what a cute groundhog! i think he's involuntarily smiling lol
heather_hickory [deleted] 87 months ago | reply
o0o0o great catch - ive never seen a groundhog in a tree :)
Sati Kobashi [deleted] 87 months ago | reply
Cute!!! Fluffy!!!
~Roger~ 87 months ago | reply
Some squirrel.
emimusso [deleted] 87 months ago | reply
Very nice picture!
Allezany [deleted] 87 months ago | reply
And I didn't even know they could climb! He looks so very unhappy...
winteridge2 87 months ago | reply
I have seen them in trees. I hope you explained to him about holes in the ground and chucking wood and all that. Great photo!
~Sage~ 87 months ago | reply
Thank you all!
daerice 86 months ago | reply
That's funny! HAHAHA!!!! what a cutie!
jacqamoe 84 months ago | reply
Oh my goodness - that's so cute! :)
just+a+no+one+kid 64 months ago | reply
i have one of those living under my shed. LOL i named him piglet beasue he likes to eat our stawberries in the spring. Thats funny though how you caught yours in a tree....quite honetly i never knew they could climb^_^ Great photo
Vicky TGAW 53 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Groundhogs in Trees, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
HappyPlatypus 53 months ago | reply
What a darling photo!!
Seen in Groundhogs in Trees.
Vicky TGAW 53 months ago | reply
Belated thanks for licensing this photo with Creative Commons! I used it in a blog post about Groundhogs in Trees last week!
nikiforberg 41 months ago | reply
quick, its comming straight for us, shoot it! Kidding, Its a nice photio, for sure.
abcnana 25 months ago | reply
Awesome capture!