Post your best Squirrel shots

[Steve U]

@Denise- we have gliders, which glide between trees, around 200-400 mm long, with a membrane stretching between elbow and ankle. We have bandicoots, which are big rat looking things about 400mm long. And a whole heap of different possums from 200-500mm long. No squirrels, but there is something called a squirrel glider.


@dsiegel- The snake is a common carpet python, non-venomous, constricts and suffocates its prey.Gets to over 3 m long that one was just over 2m. We had one in the roof of our home through winter, but its gone now. Don't know where it went.


All the other animals are the same. Except for these guys.. Could be a gum tree squirrel...nah


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Ohh and then there's the platypus, nobody knows what's going on with that thing.


Cheers.

[Jonathan Huyer]

What a fun thread... I'm enjoying these a lot. These shots have all been on this site before, but I hope that's okay:


"Got a light?"
Red Squirrel, Calgary


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Least Chipmunk, Banff


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Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel, Kananaskis Alberta


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[Jonathan Huyer]

Oh and one more from this past August:


Columbian ground squirrel, Sunshine Meadows, Banff


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[deltasun]

Here's one at Crested Butte...


Rebel XT, 24-105mm f/4L @ 105mm, f/4, 1/800s, ISO 100


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[Fast Glass]

I caught this guy in my neighbors backyard while it was raining.





Taken with; XTi, Minolta 600mm f/6.3 MD manual focus.





Bare 600mm.





With 2X extender.


Cheers,


John.

[Jayson]

I know I have another one somewhere...

[Jayson]

Oh and one more from this past August:


Columbian ground squirrel, Sunshine Meadows, Banff


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That is far too cool. Hopefully he didn't make a jump for you shortly after this shot!

[Colin500]

These are some really cool pictures, how do you manage to "shoot" a squirrel? Sit in the forest for hours ready to press the shutter? I

[DavidEccleston]

how do you manage to "shoot" a squirrel? Sit in the forest for hours ready to press the shutter? I've never come anywhere close enough to a squirrel for a photo

Perhaps they're just not as common, or tame in your area. City squirrels are much more likely to keep their distance, however I remember going to a park in Toronto where the squirrels would come up and take nuts from your hand. In the forest trails around Ottawa, you often find them only 3-6 feet away, and some will come within 1-2 feet with food being offered. All my shots are with 85mm or 24-105mm, so your 70-200mm should be long enough to get some good shots, even on a non-crop camera.


What I remember of my shots...


The chipmunk was fairly close, maybe 2-3 feet away. He eventually came to within inches of my shoes.
RedMunch was on a branch next a trail. I was 3-4 feet from him.
RedMunch2 was at the beginning of a boardwalk where we feed ducks, along a trail in the woods. The ducks, chickadees, nuthatches, and squirrels are all up for a free lunch here. These guys were probably around 3 feet away as well.
RedSurprised was less than 2 feet away. I don't think he expected to run into my wife, who tooks that shot.
RedFemale - I'm not sure of the distance. My wife shot that one too, and I wasn't there.
BlackPole - Several squirrels, chickadees, and chimpmunks visit this lookout point over on old sand quarry turned into a dog park. He was maybe 3-4 feet away.
BlackOaties - Three squirrels were hungry enough to come close for some of my daughter's cereal snack. One was brave enough to come within a foot or two from us. Again, my wife was the photographer on this one.
BlackWatchingTogether - Not particularly close. Squirrels on common city pathways are more skittish, likely due to kids chasing them, throwing things at them, etc. Still, they're not particularly terrified either. I think my wife took this one too.

[dsiegel5151]

Colin,


Squirrel days start one of two ways for me:


1. I