Grizzly

yesterday

a bear, grizzly bear walked through....

I was fairly far from it

it stood up to have a good look at me

or smell of me?

the bear was hunting a ground squirrel

it circled this leaning tree

dug at the earth

stood up and pounced:

it caught the ground squirrel (gopher) 

and 

sauntered off into the woods to eat in private

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one never knows what one will see in the woods

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Baby Ground Squirrels

Walking across my yard

which is meadow land at the edge of forest 

hoping to photograph dragon and damselflies with my macro lens

when I noticed movement

though they were very aware

they didn't seem to notice me
maybe they thought me a tree

they wandered into the sunlight

near my feet

foraging 

for greens

a couple of them came quite close 

(this happened to me once last year)

this photo is to show you how small they look

I don't think mamma would be to happy with how close they came to me

soon she will have them trained to be more careful

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I hope you enjoyed these wee critters

they are much better in photos than digging holes in one's yard!

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