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22-FEB-2010 Christine Hanrahan

Red squirrel enjoying tree sap

Still not many birds around. The usual few juncos, cardinals, house finches (have not seen the big flocks of 40+ birds for a couple of weeks), chickadees, three mourning doves, a couple of white-breasted nuthatches, and crows.

The most fun was watching a red squirrel contorting himself to get at the sap which was flowing from nips he'd made in the bark. This is a favourite activity at this time of year and always an excuse to take more photos of reds. Let's see.... I must have well over 1,000 shots of these guys now and there is little chance of my ending this obsession! So, here are a few photos from today.

Canon PowerShot SX10 IS
1/500s f/6.3 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

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Blandine Mangin07-May-2010 08:24
superb capture! v
Florence Hill 27-Feb-2010 14:05
A sweet treat! It speaks of the priceless bounty of trees and merits a gold medal! Thank you, thank you.

F.
reflectionsofnature24-Feb-2010 20:13
This is as cute as can be! I don't think anyone wants you to end this obsession because seeing all these reds in photos never gets tiring :)
meekam tam23-Feb-2010 03:00
A beautiful close-up of the squirrel! V
slhoornstra22-Feb-2010 23:36
What a beautiful and unexpected capture!! I am learning a lot about squirrels, and they are very resourceful. I have no doubt that the tree is benefited in some way too. BV
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