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Cute as a button...

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by Debra Plett from Oakbank CA on 27 Sep 2023
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but not to be underestimated. With the cooler temperatures and falling leaves, this little red squirrel kept us smiling as he dropped cones from a red pine tree. Once he had dropped four or five cones he would scurry down the tree to gather, protect and store his cones from the neighbouring squirrels. Some cones he would strip the scales from to get at the pine/seeds/nuts to enjoy right away.

  • Camera: ILCE-7RM3
  • Focal: 600 mm
  • Shutter speed: 0.0005 sec
  • Aperture: f/ 6.3
tagged: red squirrel eagle dogtooth provincial park lake pine cones animal mammal rat rodent grey_squirrel fawn grass whiskers terrestrial_animal plant

4 comments


Yves Langlois posted 2023-09-28 1:54am

Your shot tels me about the art of photography. Taking a very common moment with a very common subject and raise it to one of a kind picture, making the subject a star. Nice and warm fall colors. Perfect focus to detailed this cute guy and the cone. The piece of cone floating in the air pop in action. Also appreciate your nice writing.

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hmellon posted 2023-09-27 11:33pm

What a happy looking camper he is too. Very nicely captured Debra. They're pretty busy around here gathering up the cones for winter and are always fun to watch.

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ScotttLondon5150 posted 2023-09-27 8:56pm

Endearing capture.! Wonderful shot, winter coats and fall colours.

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perkyleb posted 2023-09-27 5:46pm

I agree, Debra. Cute, but potentially destructive given the right circumstance.

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