{"id":4603,"date":"2012-03-07T06:26:55","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T13:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=4603"},"modified":"2024-07-19T03:08:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T08:08:05","slug":"richardsons-ground-squirrels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/03\/07\/richardsons-ground-squirrels\/","title":{"rendered":"Richardson’s Ground Squirrels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Farmers don’t like Richardson’s Ground Squirrels much, they dig holes that could break the legs on livestock and\u00a0eat grains and the shoots of plants, I can understand those concerns. But\u00a0I have to say… I love them, they are fun to watch and photograph.<\/p>\n

\"UprightRichardson’s Ground Squirrel – Nikon D200, f16, 1\/250, ISO 400, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I photographed these Richardson’s Ground Squirrels (Urocitellus richardsonii<\/em>) in Glacier County<\/span><\/a> in Montana.<\/p>\n

\"Richardson'sRichardson’s Ground Squirrel – Nikon D200, f6.3, 1\/1500, ISO 400, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light.<\/span><\/p>\n

They might be “varmits” to some but to me they are another wildlife subject that I get a kick out of photographing.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Richardson\u2019s Ground Squirrel photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n

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Farmers don’t like Richardson’s Ground Squirrels much, they dig holes that could break the legs on livestock and eat grains and the shoots of plants, I can understand those concerns. But I have to say… I love them, they are fun to watch and photograph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[860,12,319],"tags":[4004,11563,4205,1631,5071,3969,519,4045,3826,3827,2315,4331,102,4032],"class_list":["post-4603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-glacier-county","category-montana","category-richardsons-ground-squirrel","tag-adult","tag-farmlands","tag-glacier-county","tag-ground-squirrel","tag-ground-squirrels","tag-montana","tag-nature","tag-richardsons-ground-squirrel","tag-squirrel","tag-squirrels","tag-summer-3","tag-urocitellus-richardsonii","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t