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The “Birds” in the Brush

10,000 Birds

Ground squirrels, to those who are not used to them, are more curious beasts, caught in a taxonomic middle ground between the larger marmots and prairie dogs and their smaller chipmunk cousins. Mammals ground squirrels rodents' The chipmunks, well, they all are fairly chipmunk-esque: small, stripey, and shrill.

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