Happy Squirrel Appreciation Day

A Squirrel standing atop a log. The lower 1/3 of the picture is a log that slopes gently to the left. The squirrel is standing atop the log on the left side of the picture. The background is blurred.
Eastern Fox Squirrel
Gold Branch Trail, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA; JAN 2026

The Standoff

Red-shouldered Hawk;
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA, MAY 2025

We had the opportunity to visit one of our favorite spots: the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. While there we got to see a very interesting event. About 2 feet above the Hawk’s head is the Squirrel’s nest. The squirrel was about 15 feet away in another tree running around like crazy trying to distract the hawk.

Squirrel;
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA, MAY 2025

Squirrel Appreciation Day

Western Gray Squirrel
Effie Yeaw Nature Center, Sacramento, California, USA; APR 2019

I realized that I made a grievous error; last Sunday was Squirrel Appreciation Day and I failed to do a post in their honor. So, to the members of the family Sciuridae, Belated Squirrel Appreciation Day.

Every photo in this post is of a unique type of squirrel, Chipmunks, Marmots and Prairie Dogs. I don’t have any Ground Hog pictures, but they are squirrels too.

Please click on caption to see image at higher resolution!

Eastern Gray Squirrel;
Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary. Asheville. North Carolina, USA; FEB 2023
Eastern Chipmunk;
Roswell, Georgia, USA; AUG 2022
Least Chipmunk; Schulman Grove;
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, California, USA; SEP 2018
California Ground Squirrel;
Effie Yeaw Nature Center, Sacramento, California, USA; APR 2019
Columbian Ground Squirrel;
Glacier National Park, Montana, USA; MAY 2019
Juvenile Eastern Fox Squirrels;
Rollingwood Bluff, Orangevale, California, USA; APR 2021
Douglas Squirrel;
Calaveras B
ig Trees State Park, Arnold, California, USA; APR 2023
Cliff Chipmunk; Mather Point, South Rim;
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA; AUG 2019


Yellow-bellied Marmot;
Olmstead Point, Yosemite National Park, California, USA; MAY 2013
Belding’s Ground Squirrel;
Bodie State Historic Park, California, USA, JUN 2017
American Red Squirrel;
Schwabacher’s Landing, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA; SEP 2018
Rock Squirrel;
Mather Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA; AUG 2019
Round-tailed Squirrel;
Phoenix, Arizona, USA; APR 2018

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