Watching wildlife scavenge for food and eat is one of my favorite pastimes. Capturing a pleasing photograph of an animal eating is a nice bonus. I particularly think this Gray Squirrel eating a nut it found is a great shot.

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The photograph of Nutria 12 was taken just moments after Nutria 11, but a much different photograph was captured.

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Nutria 11 is one of my favorites from Nutria Collection #01. When I was photographing this little juvenile Nutria I was in disbelief of what I was watching. At the time I took this photo I had already been with the Nutria family for quite a while. So long that by this time the Sun had made its way too low to light up the water with the golden color that is seen in some of the other photos. And this was the very first time that I saw a Nutria stand on its hind legs. It stood up and started picking the plant material. Look at the tiny little flower in its hand. I still can’t believe I captured this. It looks like the Nutria is just walking along and picking flowers for its bouquet back home. I love it.

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I think this photograph captures a lot, and I don’t just mean visually. These two juvenile Nutria siblings obviously care about one another. Many people are disgusted by Rodents and for the life of me I can’t figure out why. Maybe because they just get a bad rap in movies and television which perpetuates negative stereotypes. Look at these little creatures and tell me what is so scary. They seem pretty cute and harmless to me.  And I can confirm that they were harmless after spending a couple of hours with them.

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This is one of my favorite photos I’ve taken. I had a very small window of Sunset light hitting this Mule Deer before it disappeared over the Mountains. The Mule Deer had to walk up a hill to get to this area where the light was actually shining. I only got a small handful of photos with good light but this was by far the best and I love it.

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A Douglas’ Squirrel having a bit of a break in the evening at Lassen Volcanic National Park.

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I love how this photo turned out. This was a very important photograph on my career path.

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Three of the five Nutria in this family.

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