Red squirrels

[Keith_Reeder]

Still - sadly - a threatened species in much of the UK, but much of the north east of England is still relatively Grey squirrel free, so we're doing OK.

These were at Pow Hill Nature Reserve, on the banks of Derwent Reservoir:

Canon 1D X, 500mm f/4 Mk II + Mk II 1.4x TC, handheld.

 

[Click]

Nice pictures Keith.

 

[StoicalEtcher]

Wow Keith - fantastic shots, by any standard, but all the more so for being hand held!

 

[Kit.]

A definitely worse picture of a definitely poorer subject, but still:

Munich, balcony, May:



5D2, 100-400 II, handheld.

 

[JuanMa]

No comparison with the fantastic images before, these were taken with an EOS D60 which was a 6mp camera back in 2002 or 3 (still have). I don’t remember if the lens was a 400mm f5.6 or the 80-200mm. These are from Geneva-Switzerland.




Both images handheld, i never use tripod.

 

[Click]

Nice shots, guys.

 

[Don Haines]

The red squirrels look a bit different on this side of the Atlantic

 

[JuanMa]

Can´t see those differences, they look all cute and badasses.

 

[karishmab]

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I love squirrels! I love all the pics, but this set is just superb! The little squirrel is so cute. Great job, Mr. Haines.

 

[Click]

Very nice shots, Don. I really like the first picture.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Folks.

Resurrecting the Red Squirrel page, living on the Isle of Wight I am lucky to be in a Grey Squirrel free zone!

Yes this is a true Red Squirrel despite the missing ear tufts which are a positive identifier!
SE0A9941_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr
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A portrait style shot! (Too damn close for anything else!)
SE0A0004_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr

Jammed myself into the back corner of the hide to get far enough away to get a whole Squirrel in to the shot!
SE0A0017_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr

All taken at Alverstone Mead Nature Reserve,
7DII with EF600mm f/4L IS USM, mounted on a gimbal on a tripod! Yes you can hand hold it but not for long!
Cheers, Graham.

 

[JuanMa]

Very nice shots Graham, love the second one in particular, very nice close up.

 

[Keith_Reeder]

Yes this is a true Red Squirrel despite the missing ear tufts which are a positive identifier!

Yep - young Reds take a little while to develop their tufts:

 

[Click]

I really like the first picture. Well done, Keith.

 

[Click]

Very nice shots Graham, love the second one in particular, very nice close up.

+1

Nicely done, Graham.

 

[Valvebounce]

Thank you JuanMa.

Cheers, Graham.

Very nice shots Graham, love the second one in particular, very nice close up.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Kieth.
Lovely shots, where do you find them in the open like that, ours are on the stump and back up the tree in a couple of minutes!
Thanks for the info on the tufts, makes sense.

Cheers, Graham.

Yep - young Reds take a little while to develop their tufts:

 

[Valvebounce]

Thank you Click.

Cheers, Graham.

+1

Nicely done, Graham.

 

[Keith_Reeder]

Hi Keith.
Lovely shots, where do you find them in the open like that?

The first set are from a country park where they're actively looked after and fed by visitors, so they're remarkably chilled out about people; the second set were an unexpected fluke - this being in a peaceful graveyard in a North Northumberland valley which is known for Spotted flycatchers but not for squirrels. I knew Reds were in the area, but I'd never seen them here.

I was hunkered down waiting for the Spotflys to show (not hidden away just sitting still and quiet), and this little fella(?) just appeared on a gravestone a few feet away, still a bit too young and naive to have learned to associate people with trouble.

In fact, he was still on the scene when I'd given up on the Spotflys and headed off to pastures new.

 

[Cog]

I spotted a red or reddish colored grey squirrel in the US once or twice. My understanding is that it's just a deviant coloring type rather than a separate subspecies.