Desert Animals, starring Squirrels -- MzPrint's home page

Life is as dear to the mute creature as it is to man.

Seasons of the Desert
It's too hot to hurry. Meander thru the bunkhouse pages.
Meet the desert critters, some cute and some gnarly. Pinal County, Arizona
Sonoran desert scrub habitat, elevation 1,427
Photos taken with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18

Shorty is the friendliest of the litter     And they do like to eat     A fighter, not necessarily a winner
* NEW      March 2009 A Year in the life of the Goldie Pups.

Spring The Desert Squeaks

Goldie Pups -- May 1, one week out
    Juancito, round-tailed ground squirrel, Spermophilus tereticaudus

Sweet and Shorty take care of each other

Goldie's litter of 5
born late March '08
surfaced April 24
Young javelina grazes down the hill Winter
Hard Times

Some rare winter visitors
foraged closer to the bunkhouse.
Beep ate scraps and danced on the patio fence. Beep dances on the patio fence

Summer Is Brutal
The Goldie Pups grew more scrappy as they grew
The Goldie Pups fought like any siblings,
soon dug their own burrows near the childhood home.
Stomp does a war dance to guard his territory
Rodentia are nacho snacks to predators.
Some don't make it.

Adios Stomp Great Horned Owl nests in the big salt cedar tree Fall
Predators
&
Friends

Living Takes Life
Gopher Snakes -- mating or fight

Miss Phoebe returns to sing on the fence Shorty will soon have babies of her own Spring Again -- full circle
Shorty had her spring litter.
Babies should surface near the end of April.

Phoebe Chicks    All Poop and Peep    hatched
in our carport return to sing on the fence.

Stay tuned for more amazing animals.
Baby pictures will be good this season, since the little mamas have known me all their lives.
MzPrint -- squirrelologist and rodent photographer insanitaire

Come on in and meet the critters.

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see
land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.
~ Aldo Leopold
Coyote hunt the desert around the bunkhouse

Seasons of the Desert It's too hot to hurry. Meander thru the bunkhouse pages. Meet the desert critters, some cute and some gnarly.	Pinal County, Arizona Sonoran desert scrub habitat, elevation 1,427 Photos taken with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18
* NEW March 2009 A Year in the life of the Goldie Pups.
Spring The Desert Squeaks Juancito, round-tailed ground squirrel, Spermophilus tereticaudus Goldie's litter of 5 born late March '08 surfaced April 24	Winter Hard Times Some rare winter visitors foraged closer to the bunkhouse. Beep ate scraps and danced on the patio fence.
Summer Is Brutal The Goldie Pups fought like any siblings, soon dug their own burrows near the childhood home. Rodentia are nacho snacks to predators. Some don't make it. Adios Stomp	Fall Predators & Friends Living Takes Life
Spring Again -- full circle Shorty had her spring litter. Babies should surface near the end of April. Phoebe Chicks hatched in our carport return to sing on the fence.
Stay tuned for more amazing animals. Baby pictures will be good this season, since the little mamas have known me all their lives. MzPrint -- squirrelologist and rodent photographer insanitaire
Come on in and meet the critters. We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. ~ Aldo Leopold