Re: More backyard - fur and flyers

Douglas:
He's about the same size as the rest of the western grays, and he's all black - there's little or no rust or gray on his belly, or white patches or stripes on him anywhere. And his ears are a bit furrier than a fox squirrel's.

He's one of a pair that have been very active in my yard the last 10 months or so. Here's another picture:
http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Mammals/Tree_Squirrels/DML-TS-WG0191-5.htm or
http://tinyurl.com/7usm6



At 01:00 PM 12/21/2005, you wrote:
Are you certain of the squirrel's ID? Looks like Eastern Fox Squirrel to me, a non-native speices that was introduced in many west coast cities.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacrmento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Bohrer <lurchl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Dec 21, 2005 1:55 PM
>To: DUG@xxxxxxxxxx, leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: More backyard - fur and flyers
>
>You wouldn't expect a manual-focus lens to work well for action. But plan
>the picture and you can capture it.
>
>Robins had taken over a neighbor's aspen trees. So I prefocused and waited.
>Something spooked the whole batch and they all flew. The 400mm Telyt was
>narrow enough for only one of them, but the bird was far enough away for
>his former perch to make nice diagonals:
>http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Birds/Perching_BX/DBX-MR0090- 56.htm
>or
>http://tinyurl.com/bg2lb
>
>A pair of bold western gray squirrels chased everybody else off, and buried
>their own nuts:
>http://www.mountain-and-desert.com/Wildlife/Mammals/Tree_Squirrels/DML-TS -WG0179-7.htm
>or
>http://tinyurl.com/8hhns
>
>All comments welcome.
>
>
>One thing you discover with the Telyt on EOS cameras is that Canon's
>excellent EF1.4X II and EF2X II extenders won't work. The camera sees the
>extender's information, but doesn't see the lens information with the
>manual Telyt. The camera gets confused, and too-long exposure times are the
>result.
>
>This just means you need to:
>1. get a Leitz teleconverter, or
>2. use stealth distraction techniques to get closer.
>
>I've been sneaking up on distracted wildlife for awhile and don't want to
>buy a Leica converter for just one lens, so you know what I do...
>
>Mark Bohrer
>Precision Copywriting
>www.precision-copywriting.com
>
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