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alemorkam
12-28-2023, 08:48 AM
Posing on a tree.
Ecuadog
12-28-2023, 09:05 AM
That's a heck of a comb-over he's got there. Beautiful photo.
Chi-Town
12-28-2023, 09:12 AM
All I ever see are scrawny little squirrels.
Velvet
12-28-2023, 11:03 AM
Very inquisitive!
Dusty_Star
12-28-2023, 01:33 PM
I've never seen one. This one has quite a beautiful tail.
fdpaq0580
12-28-2023, 05:04 PM
Beautiful! But not much meat and tastes like last weeks dried chicken wings. Let them live, please.
tophcfa
12-28-2023, 06:27 PM
Aggressive little buggers. They will rifle through golf carts looking for a snack. A couple of them hang out in the woods near the 13th green at Tierra Del Sol. When the golfers head to the green to putt out, they go through the golf carts and will steal anything available to eat. I’ve learned the hard way and now make sure any food is secured in the cooler before grabbing my putter. They are called Sherman Fox squirrels.
fdpaq0580
12-28-2023, 11:43 PM
Aggressive little buggers. They will rifle through golf carts looking for a snack. A couple of them hang out in the woods near the 13th green at Tierra Del Sol. When the golfers head to the green to putt out, they go through the golf carts and will steal anything available to eat. I’ve learned the hard way and now make sure any food is secured in the cooler before grabbing my putter. They are called Sherman Fox squirrels.
B4 grabbing your putter, toss a handful of nuts around. Maybe they will leave your stuff alone.
Or, maybe not. Worth a try.
Taltarzac725
12-28-2023, 11:51 PM
These are big. First time I saw one here in the Villages I was not sure what it was. Sherman's Fox Squirrel | Florida State Parks (https://www.floridastateparks.org/learn/shermans-fox-squirrel)
fsusix
12-29-2023, 06:21 AM
Posing on a tree. Thanks for posting - I have lived in Florida since 1980 on the east coast and I had never seen one until a year ago. I had no idea what ran across the road because it was so large - thankfully my husband (a native Floridian) told me it was a fox squirrel so I googled it to learn. Now your photo is the 2nd one I have seen. :BigApplause:
coconutmama
12-29-2023, 07:53 AM
Great photo. Can’t stop whistling the theme to the old tv show about Davie Crockett.
Rodneysblue
12-29-2023, 09:08 AM
Posing on a tree.
Nice!
OhioBuckeye
12-29-2023, 10:14 AM
Nice picture but what about it?
Marmaduke
12-29-2023, 03:02 PM
Nice picture but what about it?
For our viewing pleasure. We have a person who takes and uploads great pictures for us.
Hope they continue! Love their shots! This was perfect timing and made me laugh. Thanks OP!!!
Velvet
12-29-2023, 05:46 PM
Nice picture but what about it?
So happy to wake up in the morning and nearly every day, have a remarkable photo waiting to look at. I sometimes share them with family who are up north and they are surprised, by the talent of the photographer, the Floridian beauty, the mischievous wild life and so on.
lynnschindel
12-29-2023, 05:47 PM
So fancy!!
Bonanza
12-30-2023, 12:24 AM
This is NOT political . . . . . It kinda reminds me of Trump's comb-over, squirrely as it is!
Boffin
12-30-2023, 07:13 AM
Posing on a tree.
The fox squirrel may be found throughout Florida in open woods, pine and cypress stands, and mangrove swamps, but they are protected from hunting throughout the state. Of the four subspecies found in Florida, two are listed as protected species. Sherman's Fox Squirrel, Sciurus ***** shermani, a species of special concern, is found in the open piney woods of central and Northeastern Florida. The Big Cypress Fox Squirrel Sciurus ***** avicennia, a threatened species is found from the Everglades region, in Lee county, to the southern part of Dade county. Fox squirrels in the western panhandle belong to a less vulnerable, more widespread subspecies.
OhioBuckeye
12-30-2023, 09:23 AM
That’s OK, sorry I couldn’t figure out what was so special about a Fox Squirrel, guess I just seen so many of them I just took it for granted that everybody has seen one, sorry!
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