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Uploaded: 09/13/13 11:16 PM GMT
The Hunted
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Picking up from where we left off yesterday. These two along with several other siblings were the target of the hunter. I must say I have never before seen squirrels stay so still for an extended period of time. They were clinging so tightly to the tree trunk that I doubt if a pry bar could have wedged them off of the tree. Though they scurried surprisingly fast to a new location whenever the owl made a swooping pass in its attempts to grab some fast food. When I left the two groups were still at a standoff.

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.picardroe
09/14/13 12:05 AM GMT
VERY WELL CAPTURED WENDELL, GOOD WORK. (DON)
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::tigger3
09/14/13 12:12 AM GMT
You did a good job on this one Wendell, I like how you caught them facing in different directions, and about the same poise.
Tigs♥ =^..^=

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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography. sandi ♪ ♫
::trixxie17
09/14/13 12:51 AM GMT
I too like the composition with the two different directions - it adds to the appearance of being frenzied and afraid to move.
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. . . "What a desolate place would be a world without a flower! It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome." A.J. Balfour
::Dunstickin
09/14/13 6:19 AM GMT
They had good instincts to keep still when a hunter is around!..

could be the parents were training their young to do the same eh!
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"Never stop photographing. It is very likely that your best photograph has not yet been captured"
::Marzena
09/14/13 10:34 AM GMT
Oh my, it was worth waiting all the time to see this...
Poor cuties, I hope they made it. Being aware of the natural laws of survival, does not stop one from keeping the side of the victims. Particularly when they are so sweet and utterly harmless. Oh, all right owls are harmless too.
Yours lost
SAM & SAAB
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With all my love and respect, Marzena
.GIGIBL
09/14/13 10:44 AM GMT
GREAT CLOSEUP WELL DONE
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.0930_23
09/14/13 3:04 PM GMT
He missed them by a whisker, Wendell. It must have been really quiet with the exception of your human noises. :)
Well done.

TicK


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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
.TheWhisperer
09/14/13 10:59 PM GMT
Great capture of these two. They look like they are covering each others backs from whatever danger they sense!! It couldnt have been you causing them to freeze???? ha ha Well done - brilliant light, clarity and subject.
Ann
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.icedancer
09/15/13 4:23 PM GMT
Really wonderful shot & like the way each are facing in opposite direction
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♥ Skates ♥
.gizmo1
09/16/13 6:28 PM GMT
Squirrel on the menu hope it not my little friend that it is eyeing up lol.Very nice capture and spot on composition and love the light and shade in this photo too.
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