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Ebony & Ivory
Ebony & Ivory
hahn23


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2009-11 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM
Location: Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, CO
Date: Nov 28, 2009
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/1000s
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Nov 28, 2009

 A melanistic phase (rare & black) in close proximity to a silver phase tassel-earred squirrel. Commonly known as the Abert's Squirrel, Scurius aberti, these are rare and treasured mammals in the Ponderosa Pine forests of the Colorado Rockies. The range of this species is limited to the high elevation Rocky Mountains AND Ponderosa Pine forests. I highly treasure this species and mourn every loss of an Abert's Squirrel to very unfortunate car traffic road kill or natural owl predation. In parts of Colorado (RMNP), these squirrels can be in a melanistic (black) phase. More common is the gray phase. Most rare is to observe the gray phase and the melanistic phase in close proximity. (hurrah!!!!) This photo made my day.

Statistics
Place: 191 out of 366
Avg (all users): 5.5946
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.5688
Avg (non-participants): 5.6667
Views since voting: 656
Views during voting: 35
Votes: 148
Comments: 6
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 04/26/2010 04:07:49 PM
This is so darling! I ran across it via Ken's random image generator. Oh, and I just see that I commented on this once before during voting. Lol! I'm a sucker for animals.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2009 11:36:07 PM
There's something really cute about this. I love seeing the two of them posing like that. I've never seen squirrels with crazy ears before!
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 12/07/2009 08:05:26 PM
Oh my - what a pair! Lovely capture - and funny title, too!
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 12/05/2009 01:26:44 AM
Squirrels meet the Van De Graf generator?!? Bizarre image that made me smile. thanks.
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 12/02/2009 12:50:48 PM
when I was voting on this...I had to laugh...funny little pair aren't they...must have used some extra "spiker gel" (I'm a hair dresser)
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 12/01/2009 12:39:08 AM
just made me laugh how funny!
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