I previously posted several photos of a California ground squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi) interacting with one of our ground-based remote cameras. The two photos below show a California thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum) exhibiting the same curiosity. Perhaps it is the shape of the camera or minor light reflection off the lens glass (actually plastic). The “Wildview” cameras […]
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The lowly California ground squirrel, more closely related to the American prairie dog and woodchuck, not to tree squirrels. is admired at BFS. These mammals live in underground colonies, are quite social, stand upright when warning of predators, estivate during the rainy months and work like crazy to reproduce during a spring and early summer […]