Red squirrels
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Those spring leaves grew super fast this year!
Edit: Was so eager to joke, I neglected to say what's more important to rationally minded people (obviously not me!): It's a beautiful demonstration of how a shot can look entirely different depending on some quickly made changes. Wonderful
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Always funny how fur colours and styles of the Eurasian (red) squirrel (sciurus vulgaris) can difer.
The German "Bund Naturschutz" has a crowd science project, for over 5 years, that also includes the colours.
I took this one last summer. A very brown variant, that is missing the ear tufts because of fur change.
And - no - this is no grey squirrel. Luckily, those are still not here in Bavaria.
The German "Bund Naturschutz" has a crowd science project, for over 5 years, that also includes the colours.
I took this one last summer. A very brown variant, that is missing the ear tufts because of fur change.
And - no - this is no grey squirrel. Luckily, those are still not here in Bavaria.
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Nice shot! The tufts vary in the seasons!!! The color of the squirrel too (not seasonable)...
"Almost all reds will grow the characteristic ear tufts but only during winter. The safest way to tell them apart is to look at the tail. The grey squirrel tail fur is white coloured at the end. This gives a sort of halo/shimmer look, whereas the red squirrel tail fur is all the same colour."
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Here we have a red one in its winter fur with ear tufts, that I took a few days ago.
Looking at what it's wearing in its mouth, it pads out its nest.
Looking at what it's wearing in its mouth, it pads out its nest.
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