Re: More backyard - fur and flyers

Certainly not a western gray squirrel then.

Doug

on 12/21/05 10:11 PM, Mark Bohrer at lurchl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Doug:
> The eastern gray squirrel has also been introduced in the west.
> www.crittercontrol.com, the Audubon Field Guide and others suggest the
> black phase is from the northern part of the range.
> 
> The eastern fox squirrel is usually several inches longer than either gray
> squirrel - it's the largest tree squirrel. The Audubon Field Guide also
> shows yellow, rust or white markings on chest, face or tail tip. This guy
> had none of those markings or other colors, and he is small. That's why I
> think he isn't a fox squirrel.
> 
> 
> At 08:28 PM 12/21/2005, you wrote:
>> Mark, aaccording to my references the dark color phase of the eastern fox
>> squirrel is from the southeast.
>> 
>> Doug
>> 
>> on 12/21/05 6:28 PM, Mark Bohrer at lurchl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> 
>>> Doug:
>>> OK, maybe it's a fox squirrel. It's just an atypical coloring without the
>>> white or rust belly, and it's the same size as the grays, not bigger like a
>>> fox squirrel would be.
>>> 
>>> It looks an awful lot like a black phase Eastern gray squirrel - could it
>>> be descended from introduced Easterners?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> At 06:07 PM 12/21/2005, you wrote:
>>>> Mark, there's no black color phase of the Western Gray Squirrel, there is
>>>> one for the Eastern Fox Squirrel.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Doug Herr
>>>> Birdman of Sacramento
>>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>>> 
>>>> on 12/21/05 4:29 PM, Mark Bohrer at lurchl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 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-WG
>> 0>> 1
>>>>> 91-5.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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