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Comiendo vainas de Mezquite.
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Comiendo vainas de Mezquite.
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I saw a Rock Squirrel perched on a rock overlooking the vast Grand Canyon. It was a really neat view with the squirrel perched in the open presumably looking out over its domain. Then the squirrel suddenly rushed off the rock, out of site and a young Zone-tailed Hawk zoomed by the rock in an unsuccessful attempt to catch the Rock Squirrel. I'll post two shots of the Rock Squirrel a few seconds before the hawk ruined its peaceful moment, then I'll post a separate record of the hawk. Image 1 is the squirrel through 400mm lens and image 2 is the squirrel cropped. See: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1892376 for the posting of the immature Zone-tailed Hawk
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I saw a Rock Squirrel perched on a rock overlooking the vast Grand Canyon. It was a really neat view with the squirrel perched in the open presumably looking out over its domain. Then the squirrel suddenly rushed off the rock, out of site and a young Zone-tailed Hawk zoomed by the rock in an unsuccessful attempt to catch the Rock Squirrel. I'll post two shots of the Rock Squirrel a few seconds before the hawk ruined its peaceful moment, then I'll post a separate record of the hawk. Image 1 is the squirrel through 400mm lens and image 2 is the squirrel cropped. See: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1892376 for the posting of the immature Zone-tailed Hawk
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The other photogenic visitor to the bird bath today. I'll always maintain that our Rock Squirrels here in the Texas Hill Country are one of the prettiest squirrels in North America. (I've adjusted the angle of the camera for the next round of images; hopefully I won't be documenting half of each animal in the future.)
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Our group observed a single rock squirrel standing on a pile of logs and branches. It was feeding on thistle and salsify (as observed by Dr. Jackie Grant). It ran into a burrow within the pile once while we were watching it. Seen with Dr. Jackie Grant, Hailey Wallace, Chanel Tom, Andrew and Dixie