The Confrontation
“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations”
Oscar Wilde
I found it just amazing when I watched this squirrel scramble up the tree. Then, he peeked around the trunk and watched this young Red-Tail Hawk eating you got it another squirrel.
Then when the squirrel ventured out on the limb, I wondered has this squirrel gone nuts. Perhaps, that was his his buddy squirrel that had a grave dinner invitation. I could hear the Hawk thinking come a little closer my friend.
The squirrel is a candidate for the Darwin Awards, if the hawk had not already almost finished his meal he would have certainly been on the hawk's dinner plate.
7 responses
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Harsh Wardhan said (8 Dec 2007):
beautiful capture of the moment
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Daniela Santisteban gave props (10 Dec 2007):
I wish the squirrel was darker so it wouldn't blend in as much with the background, but great work nonetheless!!
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Steve Cherry said (23 Dec 2007):
Truly a spilt-second interaction - I bet that did not last long.
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Christopher Long gave props (27 Dec 2007):
Stunning capture
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Sean Hall gave props (30 Jan 2008):
nice capture.
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Jennifer Rowe gave props (14 Aug 2008):
what a moment!
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Ævar B. Jak. gave props (22 Dec 2008):
Great catch, beautiful photo!!
