slgwv's photos with the keyword: ground squirrel

Otospermophilus beecheyi , based on the white-spotted buff-gray coat. Hanging around the upper tram station on Mt. Howard, Wallowa Mountains, Oregon. Obviously his handout-getting technique has been working... ;)

Otospermophilus beecheyi , based on the white-spotted buff-gray coat. Hanging around the upper tram station on Mt. Howard, Wallowa Mountains, Oregon. Obviously his handout-getting technique has been working... ;)

Otospermophilus beecheyi , based on the white-spotted buff-gray coat. Hanging around the upper tram station on Mt. Howard, Wallowa Mountains, Oregon. Obviously his handout-getting technique has been working... ;)

Otospermophilus beecheyi , based on the white-spotted buff-gray coat. Hanging around the upper tram station on Mt. Howard, Wallowa Mountains, Oregon. Obviously his handout-getting technique has been working... ;)

One of a host of ground squirrels hanging around the upper tram station (where the bar and grill also are!) on Mt. Howard, Wallowa Mountains, Oregon. They are used to tourist handouts, as is obvious from their plumpness, and are disconcertingly tame. Most seem to be California ground squirrels ( Otospermophilus beecheyi ), based on the white-spotted gray coat, but there are also some golden-mantled ground squirrels ( Callospermophilus lateralis ), which are often confused with chipmunks due to their similar markings. The insets show some other views.

California ground squirrel ( Otospermophilus beecheyi ), probably checking to see if we have handouts! Baskett Slough National Wildlife Area, Oregon.

Otospermophilus beecheyi , per the new taxonomy. In the Baskett Slough wildlife area in the Willamette Valley outside Salem, Oregon. Its head is down so it looks like a miniature bear!

Callospermophilus lateralis . Off the Pacific Crest Trail near Lake of the Woods, Sierra Nevada, California. Map location is approximate. Again, altho often confused with chipmunks, these rodents are larger and the stripes don't continue onto the face.

Crater Lake, Oregon, USA, on the Cleetwood Trail. Often confused with chipmunks, but these rodents are larger and the stripes don't continue onto their face.

Crater Lake, Oregon, USA, on the Cleetwood Trail. Often confused with chipmunks, but these rodents are larger and the stripes don't continue onto their face.

Crater Lake, Oregon, USA, on the Cleetwood Trail. Often confused with chipmunks, but these rodents are larger and the stripes don't continue onto their face.