Re: NNG = Ground Squirrels.

heatermason Wrote:
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> We have both Golden Mantled Ground Squirrels and
> Townsend's Chipmunks where I live in the Northwest
> (different species).  They both have the distinguish-
> ing stripes.  The chipmunks are {much} smaller and
> a bit more frenetic (I've lived with a mother that had
> six babies, you can trust me).  The distinguishing
> feature is that on the chipmunks the stripes go down
> the face to the nose and they do not on the ground
> squirrels, which makes me think your fourth photo
> is a chipmunk, Roger.


I agree, Roger -

Three Golden-Mantled ground squirrels and one Chipmunk.  Lots of people call all of them Chipmunks, which is not a surprise since the ground squirrels we have around here are quite a bit bigger and dull gray or tan, like small prairie dogs.  The four-legged ones, anyway.  There are also lots of two-legged ground squirrels in Southern California, especially in Beverly Hills, Hollywood and my former home town of Ojai (the Ground Squirrel Capital of the World).  Based on reports over the past several years, apparently a fairly large number of them have migrated to Durango and To-Hell-You-Ride . . .

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender