"LIGHTING AT NATURE'S DISCRETION"

Porcupine (North American) - 5 Photos

The photos that follow were taken on the same day, from mid-morning to late afternoon, i.e. after sunrise and just before sunset.

When I locate a porcupine, in order for me to capture some of his/her more intimate moments, I prefer to hunker down nearby into the woods, under the cover of grasses & shrubbery and spend a quiet day just watching & observing. 

This particular day I did have a few feathered visitors, a White-Breasted Nuthatch & a few Black-Capped Chickadees, who repeatedly flew in at the beginning of the day and landed on very nearby tree branches and gave me the once over each time. I was not eating at the time & I do not feed any wildlife so I wondered if they were wondering what a "two-legged" was doing lying in the grass. "Not something you see everyday", they must have thought.:)

Although the forecast was for a cloudy day, the clouds soon dispersed resulting in a mostly sunny day. I wonder how the porcupine knew it was going to be a good day for sun basking?

So it was a day of napping, scratching/grooming & finally napping again (for the porcupine). With regard to Photo #4, I only wish I was that flexible, i.e. able to place my leg behind my ear. There is a position in yoga, called "downward dog". How about "downward porcupine" for another variation???

PHOTO #1

PHOTO #2

PHOTO #3

PHOTO #4 

PHOTO #5