I haven't shown you one of these for quite a while. They are rather permanent fixtures in my yard. Maggie (dog) was fast enough to catch them, so she kept the population down. I suspect the larger blue racers are also helping with that.
Well, of course, it's a thirteen-lined ground squirrel. Never knew anything about these cute critters until I moved to the Midwest. Although these and chipmunks are both in the Sciuridae family, ground squirrels have longer bodies. Some of their habits are different as well. At any rate, they are all very cute to watch as long as they don't eat my flower bulbs and roots.
And I'm happy to say that the birds have found the birdbath again this year. Terrible picture- the camera won't focus through the screen. But it's one of the finches- house or purple. There were three of them there at one time just a few minutes ago.
Today was too humid for me. I managed to work a little bit on several projects, but not a great deal was accomplished. It's cooling down now, perhaps I'll perk up for a final spurt of energy for the day. Or perhaps not.
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2 comments:
That is a cute little guy. I would have thought it was a chipmunk.
Ann- they are "cousins"
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