Mike's Marmosets Younger Cousins?

Well not strictly speaking as these are a ground nesting squirrel called sousliks and I had great fun with this family of youngsters on a trip to Bulgaria last month.

They very much reminded me of meerkats in terms of their behaviour as they seemed to group together and spent forever calling warnings etc to each other, particularly when the resident Buzzards took to the skies!

These were three youngsters who always seemed to stick together and were more confiding than the parents in terms of working a hide in closer each time they popped underground - the parents simply came out of a different exit further away but these three hadn't learned street smarts (or is it pasture smarts?) yet.

1DS Mk2
500mm
ISO 200
f8 1/250
Cropped to A3 proportions only and simple tweaks in Phase One from RAW and CS2

Mark

Nice image of an endangered specie. Was this image taken on a trip with Mr. Enchev??
Rene de Heer

This is a great capture Mark.
John
Aberdeen

Definately have Meercat poses, really appealing beasties. Very sweet.



Tim

Obviously big fans of Meerkat Diaries I'd say Very cute little creatures and a well captured group pose.



Paul

Cute beyond belief

Yeah this is cool Mark. The poses make this for me

Fantastic image Mark, I haven't seen a suslik yet but their nearest equivalents would be the ubuquitous gophers of N America. Another one for my list next time I am in Romania. I think that there are two species in the region - these, I suspect, being 'European Sousliks' rather than 'Spotted.'


Malcolm

They are indeed European ones Malcolm, and yes Rene Mr Enchev was somewher in the vicinity when this pic was captured.

Mark

Endearing and intersting animals.