jay's Journal

Fox squirrels are now common in the neighborhood. I have not done much hiking in the past year due to the crowds on the trails due to the pandemic and population boom. It will be interesting to see if they have expanded their range in the mountains.

https://nhmu.utah.edu/blog/foxSquirrel

https://bioone.org/journals/western-north-american-naturalist/volume-76/issue-4/064.076.0408/Behavioral-Ecology-of-American-Pikas-Ochotona-princeps-at-Mono-Craters/10.3398/064.076.0408.short

Yet another reason to take a field trip to Mono Lake, the Sierras and Yosemite.