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Followed this little guy as he ran up a tree and into a hole at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in Calgary
I wasn't born for diggin deep holes in frozen snow
But I'm pretty good at collecting acorns in the summer
So hand me one over
That's what I'm here for
I'm built for having a ball
I love the nightlife
I love my acorns bright
I'm not known for doin' a lot
But I do my best work when the weather's hot
I'm pretty good at collecting acorns
So hand me one more
That's what I'm here for
I'm built for having a ball and not doin' a lot.
Usually I meet with the boys on a Friday
Only this mornin' she said 'this is my day!!
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...just trying to hold on in the gusty winds?
Tuesday (and Wednesday, for that matter) was very windy, but also very warm as a result of that wind. We reached just about 70 F (21 C), so I decided to spend a couple of hours outside after work. I'm glad I did, because I made a new squirrel friend in the Daffodil Glade. She looks a bit perturbed in this image, but I swear to you, she was just holding on against that nasty wind. She seemed very friendly and curious as I pointed my lens toward her.
Taxonomy
Mammal in the Tamiasciurus Genus.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Craniata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Species: Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Sciurus niger watching siblings creep up the pole toward him. Five young tree squirrels took up temporary residence outside our window. They performed some heart-stopping moves on the high wire, telephone pole, flimsy tree branches, and roof gutters. Most of the action happened out of frame, unfortunately. They're just so incredibly fast and I wasn't quite as fast without my morning coffee.
Photo printed in the San Francisco Chronicle, Home & Garden Section, Fox Squirrel article.
No zoom lens needed for these bold critters.
I just read that fox squirrels are not native to California and some naturalists fear that they may be displacing our true native species, the western gray squirrel. But these UC Berkeley squirrels sure consider themselves natives, or rulers, of the campus!
Rock Springs, Wyoming. It's everything you thought it would be. We did 753 miles today so we've got about 600 to do tomorrow and 300 the next day. Nebraska is FLAT and BORING. Wyoming started off promising, had some moments of WAH!!! and then got a little more interesting. And now we're going to go eat dinner somewhere. Probably Long John Silver's.Hush puppies.
American Red Squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, foraging on a Northern Red Oak in central Michigan, USA
For the first time in a while, we had the larger tree squirrels at our feeders. There were five of them at one point in time - clearly they heard from their cousins in Ann Arbor that I was a softie for squirrels. That was just a matter of time, I suppose! Cosmo and Wanda were enjoying it for sure.
Aka Gray Squirrel. He didn't come closer than this ; nor did he take flight though. We stared at each other for many minutes, today in Hesketh Park
I like that they're both smiling here. It was nice to be out on bikes.
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Post-Thanksgiving Thai lunch ride.
The Girl's sister wanted to get some good Thai before heading home. We obliged and got her to ride with us on The Girl's other bike.
This is the squirrel the dog had a fixation on, and finally had to bring the dog indoors to let the squirrel have a break.
American Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) engaged in mating behavior along the West Opabin Trail on the Opabin Plateau of Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada, Yoho_NP_Red_Squirrel-19
A shot from the upcoming series of photos from the soon to be launched site, The Busy Life -- photographic explorations and excursions from myself and The Girl.
Getting at the last seeds with just one foot on the ground.
The next day, we composted the moldy pumpkin.
Rancho San Rafael, Reno, Washoe Co, Nevada (February 12th, 2015). 29. Large county park in NW Reno.
Gnawing an acorn in a grove of non-native oaks in a large county park in NW Reno. I watched it for about 10 minutes this morning as it scurried about collecting acorns & caching them in the lawns & flowerbeds.
An earlier shot of (probably).the same individual—
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Western Grays are uncommon in Reno though less so in recent years than before. They are shyer (and much more elegant) than their eastern cousins and seldom become as tame or adapt as readily to city parks and similar places.
More shots of squirrels and other rodents--