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May 04, 2009 14:23 |  #1

Frequent visitors of my backyard, so easy to shoot. :D

1 - Time to take a nap.

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2 - Is this a nice pose?

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May 04, 2009 19:47 |  #2

Your squirrels are prettier than our squirrels. We just have dull gray tree rats.
Nice light on your first shot, great capture.


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May 04, 2009 22:27 |  #3

Love the ears on these guys.


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May 04, 2009 23:36 |  #4

Wow,those are wonderful squirrel images!




  
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May 04, 2009 23:48 |  #5

Excellent shots of these cute tree rats. Well done!


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May 05, 2009 13:49 |  #6

Thanks all for nice comments!

Chris wrote in post #7858548 (external link)
Your squirrels are prettier than our squirrels. We just have dull gray tree rats.

jgrussell wrote in post #7859565 (external link)
Love the ears on these guys.

This is European Red Squirrel (external link) (Sciurus vulgaris), and yes, the ears are surely cuter than it's American cousin's. ;)


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May 05, 2009 16:13 |  #7

1st shot is great , lovely capture


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May 06, 2009 01:54 |  #8

Thanks Dave. :)


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May 06, 2009 04:29 |  #9

great shot! The image is very sharp




  
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May 06, 2009 15:59 |  #10

Thank you, bull!


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May 06, 2009 16:33 |  #11

A really nice quality to these and nice shot ... looking at the title I thought our pal Petkal was back :-)


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May 07, 2009 12:11 |  #12

condyk wrote in post #7870686 (external link)
A really nice quality to these and nice shot ... looking at the title I thought our pal Petkal was back :-)

Thanks Dave! I too sometimes miss that cracked fellow. :rolleyes::lol:


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May 07, 2009 13:23 |  #13

Great shots. Love the ears on the second shot :)


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