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California Ground squirrel

Otospermophilus beecheyi

Photo by Seema
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Description:

Ground squirrel nibbling on a biscuit offered to it

Species ID Suggestions

California Ground Squirrel

Otospermophilus beecheyi

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HemaShah
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Comments (8)
HemaShah
They are so cute it is hard not to want to feed them.
Seema
Ya, stale breads are prone to grow toxic fungi and aflatoxin danger is there.
HemaShah
I always buy food from the pet feed if I have to feed wild life. Most places do not allow wild life being fed. But there is a creek near pixie land ,and ,pixie land sells packets for 2 dollars to feed the wild life. Most restaurants have to clean up the scraps so that birds do not feed on them. Squirrels love apples. I feed the squirrels in my backyard, Apples or nuts or sometimes I give them Acorns which I collect for them.
Seema
Yes..its adorable I should not have given junk food to it, but a piece will be okay, I thought
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PublishedMarch 9, 2012

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