Tree Rats

GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
edited February 2, 2005 in Wildlife
I know you all have pics of squirrels, we all shoot em, lets see em....

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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited February 1, 2005
    GREAPER wrote:
    I know you all have pics of squirrels, we all shoot em, lets see em....

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    The color of the berries is a nice addition - thumb.gif
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  • tmlphototmlphoto Registered Users Posts: 1,444 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2005
    OK, I'll bite. Here are a couple from Nov 2004.
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    This one is pretty crappy, heavily cropped etc., but I liked the pose.
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    One more...
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    Thomas :D

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  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2005
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    We've got one scrawny squirrel that's been showing up lately with a bobbed tail...looks like it was either a birth defect or got chomped by a bigger animal. I guess I'm going to have to stalk it for ya.
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
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  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2005
    tmlphoto wrote:

    This one is pretty crappy, heavily cropped etc., but I liked the pose.
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    What the heck is he sittin on?
  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2005
    fish wrote:
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    We've got one scrawny squirrel that's been showing up lately with a bobbed tail...looks like it was either a birth defect or got chomped by a bigger animal. I guess I'm going to have to stalk it for ya.

    Love the first one. I have never seen one carry anything like that.

    In the second it amazing how they will find ways to get on feeders. You can watch them figure it out. Very cool.
  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited February 1, 2005
    Like I mentioned earlier - My litlte tree rat has figured out how to crawl down on the feeder and now he has figured out the lid can be lifted open. To wit...

    crawling down
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    turning rightside up
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    notice that the lid is now raised - He cannot get food through the bird feeder openings because any weight greater than a bird closes the feeding holes - so unless he can get the lid off he is out of luck.

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    Smart little devils they are!
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  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2005
    GREAPER wrote:
    Love the first one. I have never seen one carry anything like that.

    In the second it amazing how they will find ways to get on feeders. You can watch them figure it out. Very cool.
    Thanks. The packrat was one of the first images I shot when I got my 70-200/2.8L IS. I see them carry walnuts, peanuts, and green peaches all the time, but that was the first time I'd ever seen one carrying nesting material.

    On the second one, that plastic half dome is theoretically a squirrel shield. Doesn't seem very effective, does it? rolleyes1.gif

    There's a feeder called a "Yankee Flipper" that I think I'm going to buy...it's supposed to be a real hoot to watch. The perch is motorized, so when it detects the weight of a squirrel, it spins and flips the squirrel off.

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    Thanks for the comments.
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
    "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2005
    Those squirrels do look like large rats, and I have never seen a "real" rat.
    I took a couple for my son in law over Christmas. He likes the rats, not the birds. I never worked them up.

    Give me something to do for a couple of minutes.

    ginger
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited February 1, 2005
    tmlphoto wrote:
    OK, I'll bite. Here are a couple from Nov 2004.
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    This poor little guy looks like he could eat a ittle more - He's not near as fat as my local tree rats.:D :D
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  • tmlphototmlphoto Registered Users Posts: 1,444 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2005
    GREAPER wrote:
    What the heck is he sittin on?
    Its a sprinkler head.
    Thomas :D

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  • tmlphototmlphoto Registered Users Posts: 1,444 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2005
    pathfinder wrote:
    This poor little guy looks like he could eat a ittle more - He's not near as fat as my local tree rats.:D :D
    It doesn't get nearly as cold here, even the skinny ones can stay warm. :D
    Thomas :D

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  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2005
    tmlphoto wrote:
    Its a sprinkler head.

    What do you think he was thinkin when he climbed up there and sat down. Weird.
  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2005
    pathfinder wrote:
    Smart little devils they are!

    Only when it comes to gettin at the food. It's all about the food.
  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited February 1, 2005
    GREAPER wrote:
    Only when it comes to gettin at the food. It's all about the food.
    Sounds like a photographer we all know heh heh :D:D
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2005
    The Tree Rat Stare
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    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
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    Nice one Ginger
  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2005
    I don't know about you guys, but I don't trust 'em. Those beady little eyes and no smile. Never loan money to a tree rat. :lynn
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
    "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
  • dkoyanagidkoyanagi Registered Users Posts: 656 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2005
  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2005
    here is one
    he tries to break in my attic all the time
    Jeff W

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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2005
    Harry....he loved to help out with the xmas lights.


    The friendliest rat i have ever had the pleasure to meet...even with his kleptomania disorder.

    He would run across the desk & snatch the pen you were writting with from your hand & take off with it back to his house.
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  • John MuellerJohn Mueller Registered Users Posts: 2,555 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2005
    Here is one of mine.
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