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Location: Hawk Mountain, Pennsylvania

This long-tailed weasel was scrambling over rocks with purpose at quite a clip. He paused only a moment. It was enough to afford an opportunity for this photo. A second later it dove out of sight and emerged with a rodent in its mouth.
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*in-dis-guise:iconin-dis-guise: May 4, 2006, 10:52:58 PM
wow, what a lucky catch! great shot :)
=djberry:icondjberry: May 5, 2006, 2:39:12 AM
Cute!

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=jiwasz:iconjiwasz: May 5, 2006, 4:16:17 AM
It was a lucky catch, indeed. I wasn't sure what it was at first. When I asked a Hawk Mountain staff member to identify it by showing the photo they asked me to send it to their head research biologist. Evidently, they are common but hard to spot and even harder to photograph. She asked me if they could use the photo in their presentations and, potentially, their publications.

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Mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist mit Aalen voll
Il mio hovercraft č pieno di anguille
Mi aerodeslizador está lleno de anguilas
~sleepyhead12567:iconsleepyhead12567: May 5, 2006, 1:12:13 PM
wicked awsome (about them using the photo as well) :D

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=Dreaming-Neon-Black:iconDreaming-Neon-Black: May 6, 2006, 1:58:03 PM
fantastic photo in terms of focus etc, considering that you couldn't have had long to take the photo. Well timed too, to get him looking at you like that. Nice job :D

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*in-dis-guise:iconin-dis-guise: May 12, 2006, 9:01:32 AM
sweeet! that's amazing! congrats to you on such an incredibly lucky shot, and its a really good shot too!
~Romance-Dissolution:iconRomance-Dissolution: May 13, 2006, 10:31:35 PM
Very good shot. I was wondering how far away you were from the weasel when you took this photo?
=jiwasz:iconjiwasz: May 15, 2006, 6:33:36 AM
I used a 300mm with a 1.4x extender and so I could be at a non-threatening distance. I was about 30 feet away.

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Mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist mit Aalen voll
Il mio hovercraft č pieno di anguille
Mi aerodeslizador está lleno de anguilas
~Sandandsmoke:iconSandandsmoke: Oct 15, 2006, 10:37:01 PM
he definitely has intent on his face -- -nice capture! He looks pissed actually.... lol