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While walking around the Brevard Zoo I caught this guy resting on the railing. Nothing seemed to bother him. You can this and others on my website at www.les-greenwood.pixels.com
DSC_0549: Zoom in view on a squirrel in Mapleton Park on Friday 18 November 2011.
Some colour and sharpness changes.
Shot with my D3100 and 55-300mm Nikkor lens.
Title from the Disney/Pixar movie "Up!"
So sorry for my lack of activity on here for the last few days. I have been having really bad internet connection problems. I am actually amazed I have managed to upload these photos! I will do my best to catch up as and when I can.
This afternoon I was sitting in my truck in front of my house, preparing to head down to the lake to check out the action. A car came down the street. It's a VERY quiet, VERY low traffic street. On of 'my' squirrels ran out into the street, and the car ran over it. Didn't slow, didn't swerve, didn't even tap the brakes...just rolled over the squirrel and drove on.
The squirrel was still moving, so I ran down to check. It was obvious that the damage was fatal...but the squirrel was not yet dead...legs were kicking and mouth was moving. Nothing else to be done, so I put and end to its suffering.
I know that many people intensely dislike squirrels -- irrational though that is. I know that hunters take great pleasure -- perhaps even orgasmic -- in blasting the little guys with big guns for the pure testosterone-surging fun of it. For my part, there isn't much of anything more cowardly. The world isn't really all that much worse off for the loss of one little squirrel, but I know that it unsettled my day.
(for what it's worth, I'm over six foot, weigh in at about 235, and have an arsenal of non-hunting guns of various types. I'm more than happy to 'discuss' my love of animals with anyone who would like to.)
This is one of the many squirrels that visit our yard and usually has a peanut in it's hands or in this case may be begging for one. I find them very entertaining and our dog Freddy has tried to catch one for years to no avail. This is, of course, after they lead him round and round in circles in the yard before running up a tree...lol...I just call them 'squirrel'
Thank you for your comments and favs...wishing everyone a beautiful weekend.
This little guy comes to the window every morning and stares in until you bring him his morning peanuts.
Grey Squirrel- Garden resident since they took over the Tawny Owl nest box! You have to admire these little guys, hunted, trapped, shot at, eaten in fancy restaurants and on the "MOST WANTED" list yet they still survive !
Red Squirrel. Red Squirrel in the Scottish Highlands.
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Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) standing on a ground and looking at a photographer.
Wiewiórka (Sciurus vulgaris) stojąca na ziemi i patrząca na fotografa.
Taken during my first visit to Brownsea Island for 15 years.
I'm not going to leave it that long again to return - a beautiful island and a real stronghold for Red Squirrels on English soil.