Omg!!!! Squirrel!!!!!!

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480sparky

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Finally got out with a camera for the first time this year. Was talking to the neighbor, and they had jays and cardinals and all sorts of winged critters at their feeders.

So after I got my chores done this morning, I went a huntin'......... and all the birds were gone.

So I picked another target.... a squirrel we've named Herman. I really just wanted to get out with my 70-200 and 1.7 TC.

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Mike D90

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Dang that is a pretty squirrel! All I ever see are the plain grey squirrels and occasionally an albino or even more rare a Fox squirrel.
 
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Krs_2007

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Curious about the lens and TC combo, what kind of distance and cropping are you doing with this. The picture quality looks good.
 
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What beautiful markings on that squirrel! Like [MENTION=17556]Mike d90[/MENTION] said, we too have the grey squirrels although someone locally mentioned seeing a black squirrel once. I know Princeton University (where we had the Scott Kelby Photo Walk) has black squirrels although I didn't see any of them in September.

I really like these photos! ;)
 
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hark said:
What beautiful markings on that squirrel! Like @Mike d90 said, we too have the grey squirrels although someone locally mentioned seeing a black squirrel once. I know Princeton University (where we had the Scott Kelby Photo Walk) has black squirrels although I didn't see any of them in September.

I really like these photos! ;)
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We have a lot of grey squirrels around here. Also, more and more red squirrels seem to be around than ever before. Once in a while, I have seen a black squirrel around here. Most of the black squirrels I have seen have been on the Canadian side of the St. Lawrence River. Black fur color in grey squirrels is a recessive trait, that is why you don't see them very often.
 
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piperbarb said:
Black fur color in grey squirrels is a recessive trait, that is why you don't see them very often.
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That's really interesting to know! :) Next to Princeton University is Princeton Theological Seminary, and my pastor who went there said the University had loads of black squirrels back in the 70's. I've seen a few there within the past decade, but perhaps the lessening numbers of them are from the recessive trait you mentioned. Thanks for the info! :D
 
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