Success!!
It took me a handful of peanuts and 2 hours of patiently waiting to finally capture the squirrels. They took their time coming down from the tree while I waited, camera ready, one eye on the book I'm reading (Call Me Dan by Anish Trivedi) and one eye on the food.
I do have to say that after today I have so much more appreciation for wildlife photographers.
Anyhow, since it took me so long to get the photographs, I figured I share more than one;