Tag: Wildlife

The Squirrel

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We’ve left our backyard natural; trees, shrubs and all. Our dog, Willis, loves hanging out and exploring in the backyard. And he obsesses over the squirrels who chatter at and relentlessly tease him. He’ll frequently be seen standing staring up into a tree for 5 to 10 minutes or more without moving. A couple days ago Willis had been out for quite a while. A squirrel was chattering nonstop but Willis was surprisingly quiet, so I checked on him. This is what I saw:

I checked again half an hour later. The squirrel was still chattering and Willis hadn’t moved a bit. I looked up and there was the squirrel on a branch not 10 feet up. It was time to get out the camera.

I’m not sure how long the squirrel hung around but Willis didn’t budge and kept staring up at the tree for hours. Like I said earlier, he’s obsessed

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Raccoons

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Huckleberry, our neighbor Jack’s dog, is a big, friendly, goofy fella that loves frisbee. He drops the frisbee at your feet and barks until you throw it. Lori and I hear Huck’s loud, husky bark several times a day as he and Jack are out front playing. Yesterday, however, we heard Huck make an odd, almost torturous sound we’d never heard before. Turns out, the local family of raccoons were out wandering and took exception to Huck’s running over to greet them. Apparently, they attacked Huck en mass, thus Huck’s painful wail.

By the time Lori and I got outside Jack had chased the raccoons up a cedar in our front yard. There they were, four or five of them, two-thirds of the way up the 75 foot tree just hanging out.

It was tough getting good shots, these raccoons would look away whenever they noticed my camera aimed at them. Apparently they’re a camera-shy bunch. I did manage to get a few good shots and thought I’d share.

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The Bear

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Every year my buddies Paul and Al and I go camping in the eastern Sierras. We go to the same campground every year, Big Bend, just outside the east entrance to Yosemite. For four or five days Paul and Al fish, I take photographs and some guitar playing gets done. A few years back we were sitting around our campsite when we noticed a commotion, other campers crowded around near the creek. Not wanting to be left out, we jumped up and ran over to the group, me grabbing my camera just in case. We were rewarded with a bear crossing to the other side of the creek on some fallen logs. While  Paul, Al and the other campers stood and watched, I sat down at the edge of the creek and started shooting. The bear put on quite a show; sitting up watching us campers, scratching in places that shall remain unnamed and pacing back and forth, as well as using a tree to scratch its back. I continued to shoot as the bear moved around until I heard someone from behind (Paul or Al, not sure which) say quietly: “John”. Looking back I noticed everyone was slowly backing away. Looking forward I noticed that the bear was on the logs crossing the creek, much closer than I realized and moving in our direction. While picking myself up off the ground, I looked back to ensure there were others that I could out run should the bear decide to charge (you don’t have to be the fastest, just not the slowest). Fortunately, the bear only wanted some fish in a pool on our side of the creek. Neither the bear nor any campers were harmed in the production of these photos. Wildlife photography.

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