May 5 -- Runtly meets the world
Spring 2008
Goldie's Pups:
born @ March 24, surfaced April 24		 Shorty is the most friendly
Spring 2009		 May 5 -- two sisters
Happy Birthday
Goldie Pups Year One -- 3-30-09
Squirrels spend a lot of time halfway out of burrows.      spoiled squirrels
(April 26) New World: 2 days topside    Buddy System: Sweet & Shorty (May 1)
Tiny squirrels spend a lot of time halfway out of burrows, and more time eating.		ShortyMama with a full load
ShortyMama 3-2-09
with a full load of seeds.
Three sisters settled nearby. They aren't lovey anymore, each scratching out her own home in the hard desert.
Runtly won the south-fence estate.Shorty has a nice home in the wash.
Shorty drifted north to a rural spot in the wash.
Runtly won the south-fence estate.            Sweet lives around the corner, and doesn't like cameras.
AlphaPup enforces the pecking order.     two sisters
(May 5)    Just two weeks topside their little personalities were showing.    (May 8)		Sweet is shy.
Scrappy has a tough time out in the desert.     Males fought hard for this feeding spot.
In mating season it's easy to identify gender. Males are the scrappy ones, and it isn't all stomp and snarl.
Females respect the boundaries with minimal biting. Sisters help defend neighboring turf, but don't share food.
Stomp claims his turf.
(June 3)      Stomp's wardance
to claim his turf.      (July 4)
Stomp on patrol		 Runtly's Place
Runtly cleaned up the dirt and moved into Stomps vacant digs.
The males accepted her claim and stopped feuding over the estate.

Shorty's home is
farther from the food source, with a better lawn and Towhee neighbors.

Birds know where to wait for
the food drops, so squirrels
learn to find seeds under saucers.


BABY PICTURES
this season will be awesome.
Shorty and Towhee neighbors
Spermophilus tereticaudus, round-tailed ground squirrel, Juancito
Photos taken in Pinal County, Arizona, Sonoran desert scrub habitat at 1,427 feet		 MORE desert animals
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Shorty in the treesWe and the beasts are kin.

To paraphrase another Ernest Seton observation:

Once you begin watching squirrels
you haven't much time for other things.


MzPrint
Squirrelologist and Rodent Photographer





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