Indian giant squirrel in Eastern Ghats

Nikon P510, 1/125, F5.1, 134 mm, ISO-400, hand held.
Clicked near Maredumilli on 24-Oct-2012.

It is not easy to shoot Ratufa indica, as it is mostly arboreal and the sky appearing through the canopy gets overexposed. At times they come down to the lower branches. This one seems to be resting during the midday. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi
PS: Looks like the surname in your user id is misspelt. We will soon correct it.

You got it nicely through the clearing in the leaves. Good eye contact. Thanks for sharing.

Nice composition. It has positioned its body beautifully for relaxing and resting. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

Thanks Mrudul and Saktida for the nice comments. It was a pure luck that I found the squirrel through the clearings, this is one of my first wildlife / birds photographs, any thing good in it is pure chance :).

Thanks Sabyasachi for noticing and correcting my last name. There were two gaint squirrels, one with brownish color and this one with 5 color tones!! This was the only redeemer of my 5 days trip.

The brown squirrel you have seen may be 'The Large Brown Flying Squirrel' -Petaurista petaurista philippensis recorded in Mudumalai. Though largest, it has very constricted appearance and the tip of the tail is not covered with long hair. It's a pure guess. Thanks.SaktiWild

Nice image. Its good that you could spot it and then take a decent picture too. Thanks for sharing.