"A Sand County Almanac"

"THERE ARE SOME WHO CAN LIVE WITHOUT WILD THINGS AND SOME WHO CANNOT."
"FOR US IN THE MINORITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE GEESE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN TELEVISION.".....Aldo Leopold




"LOOK DEEP INTO NATURE, AND THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING BETTER".....Albert Einstein


“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves”.....John Muir


Saturday, December 17, 2011

Eastern Fox Squirrel...

The Eastern Fox Squirrel is huge compared to most gray squirrels.  Although they are not "rare" here in Maryland, I encounter them infrequently and always enjoy an opportunity to observe and photograph one.  This one crossed a gravel road, paused for a quick scan for danger, and then dashed across the open field to the next stand of woods.  Not long ago I observed a Redtailed Hawk diving on one in this same field.  Perhaps he remembers his close get away...








After making it to the woods he scampers up a tree before continuing on, looking for fallen nuts to store for his the winter to come...









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