Take My Picture is a photograph by Robert Bales which was uploaded on September 23rd, 2017.
Take My Picture
We have many squirrels in Emmett, Idaho and this one looks like it is telling me to hurry up and take my picture!
The fox squirrel's natural... more
by Robert Bales
Title
Take My Picture
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
We have many squirrels in Emmett, Idaho and this one looks like it is telling me to hurry up and take my picture!
The fox squirrel's natural range extends throughout the eastern United States, excluding New England, north into the southern prairie provinces of Canada, and west ern part of the United States. They have been introduced to both California and the Pacific Northwest. While very versatile in their habitat choices, fox squirrels are most often found in forest patches of 40 hectares or less with an open understory, or in urban neighborhoods with trees. They thrive best among trees such as oak, hickory, walnut, and pine that produce winter-storable foods like nuts. Western range extensions in Great Plains regions such as Kansas are associated with riverine corridors of cottonwood. A subspecies native to several eastern US states is the Delmarva fox squirrel.
"Eastern Fox Squirrels have long, foxtail-like tails, which they flick when they are excited. They and Eastern Gray Squirrels are alike in many ways. They breed at the same time of year, nest in the same kind of places, and eat the same foods. However, Fox Squirrels prefer more open habitat, whereas Grays prefer good tree cover. Fox Squirrels spend more time foraging and running about on the ground than do the grays, and may be encountered in fields quite far from any trees, where gray squirrel would not stray. Both species feed on acorns, which are rich in tannins. Tannins are poisonous to many animals, including worms, and keep the squirrels free of roundworms and tapeworms. Fox Squirrels accumulate another chemical compound, porphyrin, in their bones and teeth, which makes their bones and teeth pink and bright red under ultraviolet light. Here's a mystery: Gray Squirrels eat the same foods and this does not happen to them nor to any other healthy mammal."
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September 23rd, 2017
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Comments (13)
Geraldine DeBoer
Love your model.. lol.. so cute. l.f.
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks for the wonderful comments and the LF!! It was waiting for another peanut!
Robert Bales
Thannks Geraldine for the comment and youmay be right about the food!! Thanks for the LF!!
Geraldine DeBoer
Beautiful.. He wants you to feed him..lol... Watching squirrels is fun at times... l.f.
Charlotte Nunn
ENCHANTING capture, Robert!! I feed these little souls unsalted peanuts most days except for Christmas Day when I give them walnuts and almonds and pine nuts. LOVE this photo!! LF
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks Charlotte for the nice comments and the LF!! My wife feeds them all summer until we leave for Yuma!!