13 lined ground squirrel (Spermiphilus tridecemlineatus) on our patio today eating one of our cherry tomatoes. He (She?) ate some thyme first-right from the pot. Good life for a ground squirrel. The boys & I found a very wet, barely alive ground squirrel Sunday. It had obviously been half drowned from all the rain and seemed to be barely coherent and hardly breathing. It was laying on its side and didn't move when we approached it. So...we put some bird seed just in front of it so it would have some food right away if it dried out and survived. When I went to check on it the next morning, the ground squirrel and bird food were gone-so I suspect that it dried out and made it back to its burrow.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
13 Lined Ground Squirrel
13 lined ground squirrel (Spermiphilus tridecemlineatus) on our patio today eating one of our cherry tomatoes. He (She?) ate some thyme first-right from the pot. Good life for a ground squirrel. The boys & I found a very wet, barely alive ground squirrel Sunday. It had obviously been half drowned from all the rain and seemed to be barely coherent and hardly breathing. It was laying on its side and didn't move when we approached it. So...we put some bird seed just in front of it so it would have some food right away if it dried out and survived. When I went to check on it the next morning, the ground squirrel and bird food were gone-so I suspect that it dried out and made it back to its burrow.
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