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White-tailed Antelope Squirrels at Joshua Tree National Park

10,000 Birds

While eating lunch with Daisy and her family at a picnic area in Joshua Tree National Park the other day a small chipmunk-looking creature ventured out of the rock formation we were eating next to. White-tailed Antelope Squirrels are endearing little squirrels and it is well worth making their acquaintance.

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The “Birds” in the Brush

10,000 Birds

Over the years you may have learned to know better but it’s spring and you’re hopeful and maybe this time it’s an unfamiliar sparrow of some kind… but after maneuvering carefully around to a line of sight, it’s that furry little air-raid siren the Eastern chipmunk again. You sigh and move on.

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Keep finding decapitated mice/rats under car

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Lots of squirrels, chipmunks, deer, rabbits. but that's pretty much it for mammals. the last part is raptor behavior but I can't imagine what kind of bird would be small enough to choose this space when there's 300 yds of chain link fence right there, and I've yet to see a dead squirrel, rabbit or chipmunk.

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There’s More to Birding than Birds

10,000 Birds

And of course, way too many chipmunks and squirrels and raccoons and turtles to count. Birding Lizards Mammals Reptiles Trips animals' Much like Carrie’s recent experiences being hoodwinked by non-bird sources of birdy-sounding calls , I’ve had my share of animal encounters out in the field. How about you?

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What’s In the Freezer for Tonight?

10,000 Birds

My mammal-rehabber friends give me their unfortunates, as well. He then ate a screech owl, a robin, two squirrels, a mourning dove, three chipmunks, and a rabbit. He then ate a screech owl, a robin, two squirrels, a mourning dove, three chipmunks, and a rabbit. So: a broken-winged vulture came in.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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It’s not surprising that animals—especially, but not only, mammals—share many emotions with us because we also share brain structures—located in the limbic system—that are the seat of our emotions. After publishing my stories I got emails from people all over the world who had seen similar behavior in various birds and mammals.

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