It's said that they like the tiny fruit from Manzanita bushes (manzanita being Spanish for "little apple"), but it looks like this Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis) has itself a manzana grande (big apple) to munch on here. Somehow I just don't think the little guy found it fallen from a tree, either . . .
The Big Apple
It's said that they like the tiny fruit from Manzanita bushes (manzanita being Spanish for "little apple"), but it looks like this Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis) has itself a manzana grande (big apple) to munch on here. Somehow I just don't think the little guy found it fallen from a tree, either . . .
Yeah, when we were there they seemed kind of tame..
You've got that right - ridiculously tame, some of them. A few of the ravens, too . . . ;-)