Squirrel Black and White

by Sandi OReilly

Title

Squirrel Black and White

Artist

Sandi OReilly

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Photograph - Photography

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This photograph was taken while visiting our bog garden. He/she was interested in whether I had a peanut or treat. The expectant look in his face with no fear, showed me this squirrel was used to people and getting fed.
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The eastern gray squirrel or grey squirrel (depending on region) (Sciurus carolinensis) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus native to the eastern and midwestern United States, and to the southerly portions of the eastern provinces of Canada.
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Like many members of the family Sciuridae, the eastern gray squirrel is a scatter-hoarder; it hoards food in numerous small caches for later recovery. Some caches are quite temporary, especially those made near the site of a sudden abundance of food which can be retrieved within hours or days for reburial in a more secure site. Others are more permanent and are not retrieved until months later. Each squirrel is estimated to make several thousand caches each season. The squirrels have very accurate spatial memory for the locations of these caches, and use distant and nearby landmarks to retrieve them. Smell is used once the squirrel is within a few centimeters of the cache. Squirrels have been known to pretend to bury the object if they feel that they are being watched. They do this by preparing the spot as usual, for instance digging a hole or widening a crack, miming the placement of the food, while actually concealing it in their mouths, and then covering up the "cache" as if they had deposited the object.
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Nature Photography by Sandi O'Reilly, All Rights Reserved and Copyrighted. For any questions you might have, you can contact me through FAA's email service, glad to help.
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ALL WATERMARKS ON THE IMAGES ARE REMOVED AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. Thank you!!

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May 30th, 2013

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