{"id":17210,"date":"2014-11-25T19:04:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T02:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=17210"},"modified":"2024-08-11T13:31:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T18:31:13","slug":"being-squirrely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/11\/25\/being-squirrely\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Squirrely &#8211; Eastern Gray Squirrel Photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-132226 size-full\" title=\"Eastern Gray Squirrel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/eastern-gray-squirrel-mia-mcpherson-8982.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/eastern-gray-squirrel-mia-mcpherson-8982.jpg\" alt=\"Eastern Gray Squirrel, Sawgrass Lake Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" width=\"532\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"17209\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27532%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20532%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27532%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/eastern-gray-squirrel-mia-mcpherson-8982-166x250.jpg 166w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/eastern-gray-squirrel-mia-mcpherson-8982-200x301.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/eastern-gray-squirrel-mia-mcpherson-8982-400x602.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/eastern-gray-squirrel-mia-mcpherson-8982.jpg 532w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Eastern Gray Squirrel &#8211; Nikon D70, handheld, f5.6, 1\/160, ISO 200, Nikkor 70-300mm VR at 300mm, natural light.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Time got away from me today and I am feeling a little squirrely tonight so I thought what better to post than an Eastern Gray Squirrel?<\/p>\n<p>I realized this afternoon that I have never posted a Eastern Gray Squirrel on my blog before and I don&#8217;t even get to see them now. I have seen about 4 Gray Squirrels since I moved to Utah 5 years ago, back east they were everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d say this little fella wasn&#8217;t baited especially by me but so many people feed the gray squirrels at <a href=\"https:\/\/pinellas.gov\/parks\/sawgrass-lake-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sawgrass Lake Park<\/span><\/a> they scurry towards you whether you have food or not.<\/p>\n<p>I thought this pose was cute and shows my reflection in those deep, dark eyes. 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