Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel family

I was taking a picture of the adult by its burrow and then two juveniles popped their heads up. My nature books say only the female raises the young, and that the young are not seen above ground until 6 weeks of age.

[amyK]

Nice shot. Had to look them up as I wasn’t familiar with them. Well spotted.

[Ethel]

New animals to me. It looks as though they posed for you. Love it.

[Rick]

Great capture. Neat looking squirrels.

[Valerie Chesney]

How delightful...they remind me of Meercats.

[Lois]

Very cute capture!

[Shirley]

We don’t have ground nesting squirrels here in New England......they nest high in the trees. The squirrels here remind me of prairie dogs. Nice capture

[Santina]

great capture and how cute they are

[Anne Pancella]

@mjmaven Thanks for mentioning that. It made me look at a range map and learn their range.