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02-JAN-2009 Tricia

Squ.....!!

Teddy will lay contentedly all day staring out of the patio doors watching the squirrel feeding at the bird table.
He gets so excited when he hears the word, as he does like to chase after them if and when he gets the opportunity...... that we just call
the animal an "s" "q".
I opened the door just enough to poke my camera and lens out without Teddy getting past me, but the squirrel obviously
noticed him and started to run away, so I grabbed this shot of him speeding down the tree trunk.

The squirrels in Michigan are a most unusual colour, I don't know what you would call it really...

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM
1/250s f/7.1 at 420.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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cits_4_pets14-Jan-2009 02:58
Excellent capture.
Michel Jasmin05-Jan-2009 04:10
Cute little one, well done
Guest 04-Jan-2009 03:36
lovely image. well done! V
Sayer04-Jan-2009 03:26
Lovely, wonderful detail and pose.
Ummm.... "Teddy will lay contentedly..." that is not what I've seen. :)
rudiman04-Jan-2009 03:26
Its got the color of a Fox Squirrel. Is it a tiny bit bigger than a grey or black? We have fox squirrel's where i live in PA but you don't see them very often. Nice capture. Ohhhh and we call them "s"q"s here too hahaha.
Chris04-Jan-2009 03:20
Brilliant focus. I'd go with Russet.
Randy Adams04-Jan-2009 02:21
Great capture Tricia!! ....hmmm...how about "Nut-meg" for a color? (here's a nice ID chart, if you're interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Crayola_crayon_colors)
Deborah Lewis04-Jan-2009 01:26
Awesome capture - Here in PA our Squ..... are gray, but when we visited Canada several years ago we saw "black" Squ... - he looks in between....... this might be a "research" project!
Guest 04-Jan-2009 01:21
Very cool angle!
Char04-Jan-2009 01:13
Beautiful capture Tricia! This one is a wonderful colour.
Sam X04-Jan-2009 01:01
what a cutie and great shot too... v
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography04-Jan-2009 00:49
Superb, Vote :)
Mairéad04-Jan-2009 00:49
This is a wonderful shot, tack sharp with great detail.
Love it. V