I was walking alongside one of the labs at NDSU where I studied as a chemistry major in college, when this baby squirrel dashed across the lawn in front of me. In a deft reflexive move, I swung the backpack containing my camera to the grass and extracted the Canon. My newfound subject had darted up a nearby tree and was waiting to see what I was up to. That’s when I was able to get this last-second shot before he scurried up to a high branch and hide.