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300m Cliff View
This chipmunk was found simply looking over a 300m cliff into the valley as if it was just taking in the scenery and nothing else. It was a joy to watch. I truly felt as if it was just enjoying nature relaxing in the morning sun looking at a spectacular view.
The cliff chipmunk is a small, bushy-tailed squirrel that typically lives along cliff walls or boulder fields bordering Pinyon-juniper woodlands in the Western United States and Mexico. Cliff chipmunks are very agile, and can often be seen scaling steep cliff walls. Cliff chipmunks do not amass body fat as the more common ground squirrel does. They create a "stash" of food which they frequent during the cold winter months.
Similar species: Rodents
By Stephen Philips
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Uploaded Nov 19, 2016. Captured Oct 13, 2016 14:18 in Rim Rd, Payson, AZ 85541, USA.
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