>
>The photographic fruits of our month's visit to New England
> are starting to get processed.
>
> Herewith a selection of 'real' critters we encountered and
> I captured. Not all still alive, though, I must warn you.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Travel/NorthEast_2011/Critters/Real>
>
> The pièce de résistance of this collection is the weasel.
> A first for Carol in the wild only my second and the first
> I've caught with camera. Man that thing moved fast, popping
> out of holes in the old stone wall where we first saw it.
> Now for the first time, I understand "pop goes the weasel",
> 'cause that just what its head did in holes in the wall. It
> was actually so close that I had no chance to catch it there,
> as it was so quick and there were so many possible places
> for the next 'pop'.
>
> I didn't even get the zoom all the way out as it hopped away
> after deciding we weren't going to move on, but caught a
> momentary pause as it headed away. From the field guide, I
> think it may be a short tailed weasel, although, as so often
> is the case, pictures and description don't seem definitive.
>
Hard to say which of these I like best, but the weasel is certainly a
contender. The frog is also nice with the DOF bringing it out of the stones.
Chris
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