Sunday, May 4, 2008

Squirrel Love

Here's where to find out about Camera Critters, which takes place every Sunday.

She's got squirrels again.
I used to think these little guys who burrow in the fields around here were woodchucks, but they are a variety of ground squirrel and don't really bear much resemblance to those big groundhog sized rodents. This was my fifth or sixth attempt to get a picture of one Wednesday morning, and I think it came out awfully sweet. And of course, once I got my shot, I quit bothering them, so they were happy, too.

27 comments:

Cath said...

This is great Katney. And thank you for all your words of comfort over at mine.

I am thinking of joining in on odd shots. How good a photographer do I have to be to join in? What are the rules and is there a compulsion to post every week?

Thanks. It's just I have some odd ones and thought of posting but then thought I could reach a wider audience for critique and advice this way. What do you think?

Sharon said...

That is a cute photo! I'm glad you chose it to share!

Daryl said...

The caption should be:

Let's give her the money shot and maybe she'll go away


:-Daryl

Indrani said...

I knew about puppy love, nice to know about squirrel love too. :))

Mine is a butterfly at i Share.

i beati said...

cuties Spring cuties

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Katney: Ground squirrels are so unusual. Thanks for sharing this neat photo.

Lilli & Nevada said...

What a neat capture, love it

Misty DawnS said...

Great capture! We are farmers, so things burrowing in fields in not a good thing... but they are SO darn cute!

Mom Knows Everything said...

Awww...it looks like they are hugging each other.

Karuema said...

so cute:)

ratmammy said...

Gosh, they dont' look like squirrels at all!but they sure are cute!!

DeeMom said...

wow that is wonderful.......they are adorable

Jane Hards Photography said...

Very cute. New to me. Always good to see critters you don't know.

Michele said...

Awww.... now that's just adorable!!

Anonymous said...

They are cute! :)

Teena in Toronto said...

That's just too cute!

david mcmahon said...

I've never seen a woodchuck or a groundhog.

Looking forward to your Odd Shots post - your Photo Hunt Time post was superb and no, I didn't recognise the dark shape as being the flag, but I wondered what it was!

Berni said...

I don't think I have ever seen a ground squirrel, got lots of the others though. Thanks for commenting over at my place

bcmomtoo said...

Very sweet.

We have lots of the regular old tree squirrels around here.

threesidesofcrazy said...

How adorable!

Anonymous said...

Oh my they are simply adorable! It looks like mother and baby? I wish we had those!!

Anonymous said...

Very cute! :)

Gattina said...

Too cute !! I think I have never seen such squirrels.
I know about Picasa etc. my quota is full and I should buy space. But I found another solution, I made a blog with Mr. Gattino's email address, upload the pictures there and just copy and paste on my blog, or I use Photobucket.

nonizamboni said...

What a nice shot; your perseverance paid off. Dear little creatures.

Anonymous said...

Those guys are very cute! They definitely don't resemble the squirrels I have in my neighborhood. I never knew that ground squirrels existed.

Jim and Jami said...

Very sweet shot.....Thank you for visiting the Circus.....Jami

Ashrunner said...

There's a lot of Belding Ground Squirrels in central Oregon. I've seen a few on my walk-about photo safaris. They are cute critters, but can a nuisance. Nice shot.