This Western Gray Squirrel surprised me one day in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. That’s quite a tail!
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My friend the Chipmunk!
My friend decided to camp with me in the Kaibab National Forest near The Grand Canyon. The Kaibab is about 20 degrees cooler than where I live near Zion NP and is a welcome relief from the heat. More pics coming from a tremendous lightning storm, a full moon rising, a time-lapse video from Marble Canyon.
The Howling Coyote
I was about 50 feet from this coyote at Yellowstone National Park when this one let out a sound that is still ringing in my ears . I just wish I was recording the sound. I don’t think the coyote knew I was so close.
“Howling is a basic communication behavior in coyotes,” says Gary San Julian, a Penn State University professor of wildlife resources. “It has several functions. One is to call the pack—really a family group—back together again after a period of individual hunting. A second reason that coyotes howl is to advertise their presence to other packs, essentially warning those other family groups against trespassing across territorial boundaries.”
