Friday, May 6, 2011

Chipmunk a toilette

EASTERN CHIPMUNK (TAMIAS STRIATUS), GREEN, MICHIGAN, MAY 6, 2011

Pentax K-5
SMC Pentax-DA 55-300 at 300mm
1/5000 f8
ISO 1600

At our cabin in Upper Michigan, chipmunks are even more ubiquitous than squirrels back home in Illinois. This one felt confident enough to spend several minutes grooming itself in the sun rather than skulking nervously in the shadows, hyper-alert for predators. I photographed him from behind a freshly washed front window.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think it's holding its head because of the bad economy! :)

green hermit said...

I'd say it's a very bad hangover.