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The squirrels at my office are always begging for treats. They look in the windows and run up to us when they think there is going to be food.
Three squirrels were industriously gathering acorns in one area of the garden and running with them to another part of the garden. Their path took them directly under a bench in a vine covered arbor, so of course I just had to sit on the bench to see what they would do. The first one didn't notice me and darn near ran over the ends of my feet. The second one detoured up the arbor and over my head. This one stopped to think things over for a while and decided to circle around me.
Grey Squirrel (Scirius carolinensis) in the Botanic Garden.
Camera Canon EOS 60D
Exposure 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture f/6.3
Focal Length 403 mm
ISO Speed 1600
Here's the little guy who was stuck on the windowsill outside my bedroom window for awhile yesterday, causing kitty commotion.
Immediately after purchasing the Nikon 70-200mm lens, I attached it to my camera and took it out for a test run. At first, this squirrel was very reluctant to be my model, but after about 15 minutes of coaxing, he relaxed and let me click away.
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Grey squirrels are notorious for displacing red squirrels in European woodlands. They out-compete the native reds for food, feeding more at ground level and being able to digest acorns, which the reds can't. They also carry a deadly pox virus which does not affect them. Grey squirrels were introduced to the UK from the USA in the late 19th or early 20th century. They're now widespread throughout England south of Cumbria and Wales, and common in local pockets in Scotland. They are absent from the rest of mainland Europe, except for small localised populations in Italy.
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