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11-SEP-2014 Christine Hanrahan

Gray squirrel, black phase

You know autumn is coming when the squirrels start hoarding and hiding their food to tide them over the winter. This one has an acorn in its mouth. These squirrels (black and gray are the same species, just different colour forms or phases) store their food by scatter-hoarding, burying one bit here, one there, as opposed to red squirrels who create large caches of a food source.

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
1/125s f/2.8 at 108.0mm iso125 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
Irene Wehrli16-Sep-2014 17:19
Always a delight to see, your squirrels Christine!
Irene
Tom LeRoy13-Sep-2014 19:08
Never seen such a dark squirrel. Great shot, Christine, just hope the Winter will not be so harsh this time! V
Robert Ballard13-Sep-2014 15:48
It's a good thing that we don't have to collect and store food for the winter. Most of us would starve.
MarcViskens12-Sep-2014 20:38
ooooo how lovely
very pretty shot Christine
Range View 12-Sep-2014 03:36
This is a great capture of the squirrel gathering his food, he seems to have a really large bushy tail. V
Barbara
Ann Pettigrew12-Sep-2014 01:31
I am so enviousmof your black squirrels! Wish we had some in our woods! Cute shot!
Carl Carbone12-Sep-2014 00:34
Nice and sharp. Interesting, the range of these variants.
Being Me11-Sep-2014 23:00
That is adorable! BV
pkocinski11-Sep-2014 22:32
Just so cute :-)
Guest 11-Sep-2014 22:20
An acorn for your thought. terrific lighting. V
Photo.Keely11-Sep-2014 22:05
Nice capture! Well done! V.
Mairéad11-Sep-2014 21:54
This is unbelievably cute and he looks hard at work. V
Stephanie11-Sep-2014 21:41
Looks like "Mr. Tough Guy"! ;)
Wonderful capture Christine!
Jim Coffman11-Sep-2014 21:37
This is just tooooo cute!!
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