Exit78 Photo of the Day #30
Often, when we are camping, picnicking, or stopped for a snack on a trail, we are visited by some kind of small creature such as a bird, a chipmunk, or, in this case, a golden-mantled ground squirrel. They learn where people eat and visit to snap up and crumbs that may be left behind. All too often, though, they get habituated to humans and human food because some people, despite the rules prohibiting it and signs that warn against it, are going to feed the wildlife.
Golden-mantled ground squirrel investigating ice, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, September 2, 2009 (Pentax K10D)
Series notes:
- The photos in this series are randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
