{"id":37,"date":"2022-09-08T14:50:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T14:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/?p=37"},"modified":"2022-09-09T17:54:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T17:54:49","slug":"a-red-squirrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/2022\/09\/08\/a-red-squirrel\/","title":{"rendered":"A red squirrel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The eastern red squirrel is the acrobat of the squirrel world, and, photographically speaking, I have the advantage of a nearby tree opposite my living room (in State College, Pennsylvania) sliding doors to have a good view of red activities. (This also happens to be my test for adding photos to a post as well as working out the miracle of the &#8220;read more&#8221; button.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>My first photo catches the sheer exuberance of a red enjoying a corncob. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/a0689-Fluf-cob-7sep2022.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/a0689-Fluf-cob-7sep2022.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/a0689-Fluf-cob-7sep2022.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/a0689-Fluf-cob-7sep2022.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/a0689-Fluf-cob-7sep2022.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Note his right foot dangling in the air! That is both grace, power, and fearlessness, which is what red squirrels are all about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/a0691-Fluf-cob-7sep2022.jpg?resize=640%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/a0691-Fluf-cob-7sep2022.jpg?resize=1024%2C640&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/a0691-Fluf-cob-7sep2022.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/a0691-Fluf-cob-7sep2022.jpg?resize=768%2C480&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/a0691-Fluf-cob-7sep2022.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/a0691-Fluf-cob-7sep2022.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the photo above, he is relaxing a little more but is as dynamic as ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/a0692-Fluf-cob-sit-6sep2022.jpg?resize=640%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/a0692-Fluf-cob-sit-6sep2022.jpg?resize=1024%2C698&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/a0692-Fluf-cob-sit-6sep2022.jpg?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/a0692-Fluf-cob-sit-6sep2022.jpg?resize=768%2C524&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/a0692-Fluf-cob-sit-6sep2022.jpg?w=1320&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After all of his work, I confess it was something of a relief to see him sitting on the corncob for a regular meal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eastern red squirrel is the acrobat of the squirrel world, and, photographically speaking, I have the advantage of a nearby tree opposite my living room (in State College, Pennsylvania) sliding doors to have a good view of red activities. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/2022\/09\/08\/a-red-squirrel\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,15],"tags":[13,5,11,10,14],"class_list":["post-37","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-squirrel-wildlife","category-wildlife","tag-nature","tag-photography","tag-red-squirrel","tag-squirrel","tag-wildlife"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}