Dam squirrels

[SmartWombat]

Yes, ground squirrels at the Hoover dam

Pretty sure they're Harris' Antelope Squirrel, Ammospermophilus harrisii

[SmartWombat]

I love the 1DS mk II
(I lust after the mkIII)

Means I can crop like this ...

[Frog]

Yah that's a pretty major crop.
How'd you manage to take pics while so ill or was this before it struck?

[SmartWombat]

These are the only pictures I took in 3 days.
I slept from GC to the dam and felt well enough to get out, sit in the sun, and watch these guys.
Then I went back fro the camera.
Shows I wasn't thinking because I left the car without the camera !

I paid for it that night though

[opus]

I LOVE the one of the squirrel looking over the dam. Too bad the squirrel isn't a bit more prominent in the scene.

[freygr]

Those are Chipmunk's not Squirrels, same family of Rodent. The Chipmunks are much smaller than a Squirrels.

[Frog]

Those are Chipmunk's not Squirrels, same family of Rodent. The Chipmunks are much smaller than a Squirrels.

That's what I thought too, fregyr but I googled antelope squirrel and sure enough that's what they are. Do look a lot like our NW chipmunks.

[SmartWombat]

Those are Chipmunk's not Squirrels, same family of Rodent. The Chipmunks are much smaller than a Squirrels.

Definitely not chipmunk.
The shoulder to hip white line is a good field mark for the antelope squirrel.
Far smaller than a rock squirrel, which is what I thought they were initially.

[SmartWombat]

I LOVE the one of the squirrel looking over the dam. Too bad the squirrel isn't a bit more prominent in the scene.

The second squirrel is even less prominent.