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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 08:12:53 -0700
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From: Carl Cook 
Subject: Re: stalking cats?/Carl Cook
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One of those great moments, one we all have stories about.

I have been photographing and making audio recordings of an attack squirrel 
we are about to release.

My son brought three baby squirrels home -- eyes still closed, very young. 
He said his girl friend found them at the edge of a sidewalk near some 
woods. A dog, she said, was sniffing at them.  We raised the babies, 
starting with a two hour feeding schedule, eventually moving them to an 
outdoor walk-in cage for transition to release.

The three squirrels have developed distinct personalities. The male kind of 
goes along with anything, is easily picked up, likes to be petted and fed. 
One female is timid, but will attack strange objects, like my microphone. 
The other female is completely defensive of her territory, goes into full 
aggression mode when approached, barking and chattering her teeth. There is 
no bonding to humans from any of the squirrels.

I have a few good shots, but none that really bring their differing 
personalities out. I am trying to keep intrusive contact to a minimum. 
Release will be today or tomorrow. We are sort of holding out, because the 
last few nights, (at least) four owls have been conducting loud debates in 
the woods behind the house, and we sure don't want to provide the 
refreshments for their meetings.

Carl


At 03:52 PM 9/26/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> >their still powerful hunting instincts. Then there's the ad on TV
>showing
> >the puddy tat  stalking a zebra on the African savanna.
>
>This reminds me of watching a curious house cat trying to
>investigate a suburban deer, slowly approaching the deer
>until the deer decided it did not care to be cat-sniffed and
>left. Sadly, no camera was at hand.
>Rich
>
>
>
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