In The Storm
SciurusNiger
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We got a nice, hefty dumping of snow yesterday, and while it guarantees a white Christmas it made it tough for everyone to get around.
The only one who seemed pleased with the grey, flat light, gusting winds and blowing snow was the adult Cooper's hawk. It was out actively and rather gleefully hunting and, usually much more wary than the sub-adult who hangs around here, finally stopped long enough let me get something other than the normal stick-pickin' shot of it:
Most of my beloved furballs stayed holed up during the morning, except for this one very young fox squirrel:
As the worst of the storm finally abated, the grey squirrels came out and took to their favorite task of late - acrobatically eating the seeds from one of the huge trees in the backyard:
The only one who seemed pleased with the grey, flat light, gusting winds and blowing snow was the adult Cooper's hawk. It was out actively and rather gleefully hunting and, usually much more wary than the sub-adult who hangs around here, finally stopped long enough let me get something other than the normal stick-pickin' shot of it:
Most of my beloved furballs stayed holed up during the morning, except for this one very young fox squirrel:
As the worst of the storm finally abated, the grey squirrels came out and took to their favorite task of late - acrobatically eating the seeds from one of the huge trees in the backyard:
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"Where beauty moves and wit delights and signs of kindness bind me; there, oh there, whe'er I go I leave my heart behind me." (Thomas Ford, 1607)
"Where beauty moves and wit delights and signs of kindness bind me; there, oh there, whe'er I go I leave my heart behind me." (Thomas Ford, 1607)
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How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
That's a old myth, Harry. Tree squirrels score right around the zip-zero-zilch mark on the disease vector scale; humans themselves are a far greater disease threat to each other and everything else. Tree squirrels typically have only the same parasites that can be found on humans (fleas & ticks; we each have our own species of mange mite). And the male tree squirrel is known to be the cleanest mammal in the world. Barring your average urban metrosexual, perhaps....
"Where beauty moves and wit delights and signs of kindness bind me; there, oh there, whe'er I go I leave my heart behind me." (Thomas Ford, 1607)