ABERTS SQUIRREL
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03-06-06
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Wanting to get out of the extremely dry and polluted air of the Phoenix area
I headed north toward the Grand Canyon's South Rim and the COCONINO PLATEAU.
I don't know which is worse, the polluted Phoenix air; or all of the tourist at the South Rim of the Canyon :-)).
Therefore on this trip I decided to spend time driving the dirt roads in the forest just south of the
Canyon's South Rim and just South of Tusayan a few miles off State route 64 and then West on road 306.
I was told to check out the TANKS. HUMM, tanks,
I started looking for metal tanks with water in them. I didn't know if they
meant big tall round metal tanks or low open top tanks with water in them.
Much to my surprise neither of the above tanks were correct.
I soon found out that a tank up here is no more than a big scraped out hole in the ground
to hold run-off water from the rains and snow melt.
I guess a tank could be anything that held something, thus qualifying a large
depression in the ground no matter how it got there as a TANK.
Many of the tanks were dry, parched, cracked dirt, and no water.
This also meant no wild life would be coming to drink so I kept on driving.
Some of the tanks were numbered and some named as you will see.
After several hours of being driven around with by my friend Don we came across this tank
with a smidgen of damp mud in the bottom of the hole, well, maybe just a bit more than a smidgen.
Inasmuch as there was no water any where else we started to see birds immediately coming in to drink.
Get out those cameras and let's start taking photos I said as I jumped out of Don's vehicle almost before it had stopped.
Inasmuch as there no water any where else we started to see birds immediately coming in to drink.
And this is what it called
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ABERTS SQUIRREL
South Rim of the Grand Canyon
Found in the Coconino forest just south of the
Canyon's South Rim and just South of Tusayan a few miles off State route 64 and then West on road 306.
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Back in the van to use it as a blind and watch for more wild life and to keep warm.
When out of no ware is seemed a beautiful Squirrel ran down to the water's edge to drink.
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Most of these images were taken through my van's windshield so they may not to sharp focus.
Headed to the water for a nice long drink of that muddy water, YUCK!!
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I think it's over this a way a bit.
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OH YA, I can see it now.
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HUMMMM. Not much water here.
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Now where do suppose the water went to?
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Yes, Yes, I just knew there was some water around here.
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Well, now that I am all tanked up with water I had better get back to my tree.
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I had better get back up in my tree before some sees me.
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I just gots to hurry.
Please not that all 4 legs are off the ground in this photo.
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Well now, here's a specular shot. Running full speed ahead with your eyes closed?
Gee I only thought women drivers did that. Just kidding ladies. :-))
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Why do you think it's blurry?
Maybe you had better rub your eyes and look again.
OK, It is blurry,
The ole camera is having a hard time keeping in focus as I follow the squirrel through my windshield.
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OK now, this is much better. I changed to manual focus.
This squirrel is really a mover trying to get back to its tree.
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AH, it thinks me can't see it, but as you see that's wrong.
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But it didn't stay in one place for more than a blink.
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Well it's about time I left this squirrel to its own doing.
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