Friday, July 28, 2006

Townsend's Ground Squirrel


Townsend's Ground Squirrel
Originally uploaded by J Semenza.
Last weekend was very busy, we packed the equivalent of 8 days into 3. On Friday afternoon we went up to Scout Mountain with one of our friends for an overnight. Nick was off hiking around when this little ground squirrel started moving about the campground. He was way to forward and has obviously been given food. I thought I'd scare him off with a pointy stick (3' hot dog fork with 5" tines) but all he really wanted to do was lick the ends. He's located at the top just left of center on this picture. Slapping the fork on the ground chased him away. Being this unafraid of humans is not good for wildlife. We didn't feed him. And he didn't come back to visit us again.

I also went to Idaho Falls to visit with another friend. Shopped, cleaned house, caught up with my sisters who were/are visiting. ...

This weekend may be just as fun filled. :)

After later
Jenny

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