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Abert

Abert

Abert's squirrel (or tassel-eared squirrel) (Sciurus aberti) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus endemic to the Rocky Mountains from United States to M...
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Abert's squirrel (or tassel-eared squirrel) (Sciurus aberti) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus endemic to the Rocky Mountains from United States to Mexico, with concentrations found in Arizona, the Grand Canyon, New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado. It is closely associated with, and largely confined to, cool dry ponderosa pine forests. It is named in honor of the American naturalist John James Abert and nine subspecies are recognized. It is recognizable by its tufted ears, gray color, pale underparts and rufous patch on the lower back. When available, it feeds on the seeds and cones of the Mexican pinion and the ponderosa pine, but will also take fungi, buds, bark and carrion. The only place I had ever seen one of these guys was on VB if you want to see some of the greatest pictures check out VBer geertweggen.
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NIKON D800

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 4000 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 3000/10

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Apr, 2016

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Awards

Peer Award

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Superb Composition

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Absolute Masterpiece

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You take First Place for capturing a clear shot of this guy!!! Perfect!

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Beautiful squirrel......and love the info on it. Very elegant looking little mammal.

fantastic shot!! I love these cute animals - we got some in our city park

Fantastic shot....love seeing his long ears!!!

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so cute - if I did't know the ears were supposed to be like that I'd say that squirrel was 'SCARED STRAIGHT' !!!

A masterpiece Mark. WOW

Love the ears and bushy tail look so cute - great focus

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Superb shot.. Looks a lot like our Red squirrels with those tufted ears and bushy tail, it looks a lot bigger and grey in colour:-)

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such funny squirrels - they look like they just saw something that made their hair stand on end.......

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Awesome shot Mark. I agree with you about Geertweggen. He is tops but you are right there with him.

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