This is the guy/gal who hangs out in my yard!

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  1. This is an antelope squirrel, often mistaken for a chipmunk but it is missing the black stripe a chipmunk has along with the white one. We are too hot and dry for a chipmunk; they are only happy in the mountains. It gets up on its hind legs like a prairie dog. They are quite good climbers; I have watched them scale a 5 ft cinder block wall and it looks like that is what this one is sitting on. They patronize my water bowl and, when I put them out for the quail, the black-oiled sunflower seeds.

    I am not sure if Tati has seen them. Dolly is pretty unimpressed and pays them no attention.

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    1. Interesting! Thanks Jane! It seems that I am always learning something new from our friends here; love it and am so grateful.

      Sounds like Dolly’s a very good girl. No wonder she’s so popular at your local pub.

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