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Morning Delight-V
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Copyright: Bayram Gocmen (boreocypriensis) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 712 W: 3 N: 2266] (8078)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-06-15
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon D-5000, Sigma 50-500mm f/4-6.3 EX DG APO HSM, @ ISO 500
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/250 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Mammals from the Middle East [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-06-24 20:38
Viewed: 260
Points: 50
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Sciurus anomalus (Persian or Caucasian Squirrel) (in Turk. Sincap, Acem Sincabı)

Hi friends, another shot from different POV of this morning delight in a classical posture on a horizontal tree trunk. Hope you can like this too!

TFL and Have a nice day!
Cheers,

©Bayram GÖÇMEN, Ege University, Faculty of Science. All Rights Reserved.

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Squirrels are often considered harmful because they eat or collect some fruits and seeds in residential areas. They may even gnaw and remove the bark of some trees such as the pine, spruce, fir and beech in rural areas. The damage they cause to seeds and seedlings might be sometimes remarkably high in agricultural areas. However, squirrels also play an important role in plant distribution. In Turkey, two tree squirrel species of the genus Sciurus occur allopatrically: the Persian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus) and the Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris). The second one lives only in Turkish Thrace (European Turkey). Persian squirel has not long bristle tuft on the tips of earlaps.

Persian squirel is a species is the only representative of the rodent family Sciuridae in the Middle East. This species is distributed from Greece (only known from Lesvos island) through Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria in coniferous and temperate mixed forests. Three subspecies of the Persian Squirrel are recognized;

• Sciurus anomalus anomalus distributed in the southern former Soviet Union,
• Sciurus anomalus pallescens in northern Iraq and
• Sciurus anomalus syriacus in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine.

This separation is based on the coloration of specimens; where as Sciurus anomalus syriacus has dark dorsal pelage and its tail and feet are generally dark in colour, while S. a. anomalus has a deep red tail and S. a. pallescens has pale back and feet and yellowish brown tail .

References:

1. Amr, Z. S. Eid, E., Qarqaz, M. A. Abu Baker, M. (2006). The Status and Distribution of the Persian Squirrel, Sciurus anomalus (Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae), in Dibbeen Nature Reserve, Jordan. Zoologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 55: 199-207.
2. Albayrak, I. & Arslan, A. (2006). Contribution to the Taxonomical and Biological Characteristics of Sciurus anomalus in Turkey (Mammalia: Rodentia). Turkish Journal of Zoology, 30: 111-116.
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Günaydın Bayram Hoca,
Sncap en sevimli yaratıklar arasında ön sıralarda yer alır bana göre.
Netlik renkler ve çevreyle bütünleşmeolağan üstü. Belgesel tadında...
Selahattin E

Nice capture - good light, good colours, great POV and of course super detail, your subject fills the frame beautifully!
Rew

Fantastic shot with lovely light.The soft bg looks great. Good details Bayram.
Stunning composition!

Have a bright day ahead!
Cheers,
Shubhi:)

A well composed and captured shot - nice light and BG - well done!

I think this is a heavy lens to stabilise and at 1/250 seconds you've got a slight blur noticeable in the eyes. Do you use a monopod?

Rgds
David

Bom dia Bayram
It+ s great to wake up and see this delicious animal.
I like very much the way is captured. Beautiful and happy photo.
Have a good day
My regards
Teresat

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  • AndroK Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 1470 W: 23 N: 0] (11726)
  • [2009-06-24 23:59]

Merhaba my friend...
This is so beautiful seria of photos...
Beautiful moment...
Regards...
Andro

Awesome shot...loved it a lot

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  • Jong Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 428 W: 0 N: 273] (3168)
  • [2009-06-25 0:05]

very good lighting, colors and details, you do capture the little is cute posture... tfs, Bayram

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 592 W: 0 N: 957] (4596)
  • [2009-06-25 0:10]

Merhaba MF Bayram,
a very cheeful mood well captured. The colours are beautiful and the look is fantastic.

regards,
Foozi

Hello MF Bayram,
Amazingly sharp and well exposed portrait of one of my favorite small creatures. Thanks for sharing this splendid image .
Best regards Siegfried

Merhaba Hocam,
Çok sevimli bir portre çalışması.Işık, renk ve detaylar mükemmel.Eline sağlık.
Selamlarımla..

hAyAti

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  • soe Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 402 W: 0 N: 107] (2461)
  • [2009-06-25 2:59]

Salam Bayram
Beautiful shot with Beautiful color and lighting. Nice POV and great detail with wonderful capture.
Tin Soe

Merhaba Hocam!
Amazing lighting,in this wonderful portrait of sciurus!
nice sharp and clear image,good pov and texture! well seen
and taken!
Tfs Selamlar
Kostas

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  • milas Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2722 W: 412 N: 2979] (32759)
  • [2009-06-25 5:45]

merhaba hocam...
çooookk güzel bir konpozisyon, harika bir çekim ve paylaşım, doyurucu notunuzla güzel bir çalışma olmuş..elinize sağlık...selam ve saygılar..

Aynı yerde fakat farklı açıdan alınan bu kare de son derece kaliteli ve estetik.Bu defa en çok bana göre ilgiyi üstüne çeken ayak parmaklaeı ve tırnaklar.
Emeğine sağlık.

Hello MF Bayram,

Another excellent shot of this marvelous series about suirrels!
Perfect focus, very good lihghting and contrast!
Congratulations and TFS
Sergio

What a cute little guy, Bayram :o)
Nice capture, my friend. Good POV and great light.
Congratulations and TFS!!

Best wishes,
Bruno

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  • c_rapp Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 957 W: 20 N: 1282] (7282)
  • [2009-06-25 17:24]

This little giy is absolutely adorable!! Great capture wonderflul light TFS
Christan

Hi Bayram,
Love the morning light, you've captured it perfectly. Not to mention nice sharp closeup with great detail and overall composition. Perfect!

-JD

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  • mbrito Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1626 W: 118 N: 2805] (11304)
  • [2009-06-26 16:44]

Hello Bayram
Excellent sharpness and colour in a very beautiful capture of this friends so difficult of to photograph. Congrats, mb

Olá Bayram,
Your's "personage" is curious about the next shot.
Great pose and magical post.
TFS
Raimundo

Ciao Bayram, an other great capture of this cute creature, elegant composition with splendid light and fantastic colors, excellent sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

Hello,
Stunning shot of that sweeeeet squirel!
Excellent sharpness and nicely blurred background. Well framed.
Very interesting note.
TFS

Good morning, Bayram.. here already 2.34 pm.. :) moody weather today.. i think we are going to have heavy rain later..

i miss this one.. this is quite good.. the composition is beautiful.. and i like the POV.. this one is much closer too.. nice work showing the lovely light too bad there is a slight blurry around the mouth there..

regards, terry

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  • moli Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1410 W: 275 N: 1955] (12042)
  • [2009-07-06 11:04]

Hello Bayram.
Well spotted Squirrel!
Good looking and in nice colours image is presented.
Looks very interesting to me.
Regards
Janek Kloss

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