House Hunting Red Squirrels
by Sandra Huston
Title
House Hunting Red Squirrels
Artist
Sandra Huston
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Digital Art
Description
“House Hunting Red Squirrels” is an original wildlife photograph and digital artwork by Sandra Huston.
Honored to be featured in the following Fine Art America and Pixels.com groups:
* Whats New on 4/23/19
* Kingdom Animalia on 5/3/19
This red squirrel pair was photographed in my Maine backyard checking out our bird house attached to our garden fence. For the amount of grass inside not sure if they have decided to stay and take it over this year or checking it out to see if it had any eggs to eat.
Fun Facts:
1. The red squirrel first appeared 10,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, when the land between Britain and Europe began to disappear.
2. Red squirrels are strong swimmers.
3. Red squirrels like to look after their teeth by gnawing on pieces of dead deer antler, which are full of calcium.
4. Tree seeds, fungi, berries, birds’ eggs and even sap are eaten by red squirrels. They love hazelnuts but have trouble digesting acorns, unlike grey squirrels, who love them.
5. In the original fairytale, Cinderella’s slippers were made of red squirrel pelt. The French vair (fur) became verre (glass).
6. A red squirrel’s tail is used for balance, communication, to slow them down when jumping and as a snuggly blanket.
7. Red squirrels rotate their ears to pick up sounds, and possibly also to express themselves – like dogs.
8. Squirrels make more than one drey (nest) to confuse predators and in case one gets damaged. They will abandon a drey if it is too full of fleas.
9. Squirrels have an exceptionally good sense of smell. They can find buried food underneath a foot of snow and know if a nut is rotten without opening it.
10. Red squirrel coats range from light orange to almost black and are shed twice a year, turning thicker and darker in winter. www.countryfile.com
Keywords associated with this image include: red squirrel, squirrels, animal, nature, cute, rodent, wildlife, funny, wild, bird house, fence, spring, unique, Maine, New England, enhanced photograph, layers, digital art, Sandra Huston, Pixels.com.
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April 22nd, 2019
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Comments (23)
Sandra Huston
Thank you very much Phyllis for visiting and taking the time to comment and vote, much appreciated! ♥
Phyllis Kaltenbach
What a delightful capture of these adorable red squirrels, Sandra! Beautiful! V/F
Sandra Huston
Thank you Kristin Hatt for choosing "House Hunting Red Squirrels” as one of your personal favorites, your vote is much appreciated!
Sandra Huston
Thank you Stephanie Weber for choosing "House Hunting Red Squirrels" as one of your personal favorites, your vote is much appreciated!
Nirav Shah
Adorable, cute, and funny! Love it! Interesting fun facts; had no idea about 5
Sandra Huston replied:
Thank you Nirav. And I did not know that fact either until I researched all about Red Squirrels!
Sandra Huston
Thank you Gary Richards, for choosing "House Hunting Red Squirrels" as one of your personal favorites, your vote is much appreciated!
Sandra Huston
Thank you Lyuba Filatova, for choosing "House Hunting Red Squirrels" as one of your personal favorites, your vote is much appreciated!
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