#Kaibab squirrel

[bedupolker]

More random rodentia (pack rats, grasshopper mouse, kaibab squirrel, kangaroo rat, deer mices)

[we-die-like-fools]

some squirrel blinkies for my two favorite squirrel species :) + pinecones

f2u! creds not needed (this includes being re-uploaded to hoarding blogs, being edited, being re-colored, etc.), but creds very appreciated :) Just please don't claim as your own!

[kasiekaibabsquirrel]

happy holidays from Kasie and the Octonauts! 🎄🎁❤️

[buffaluff]

🐭 the one rat-teen (+ family) 🐹

well, this was my most unique prompt i’ve received for @911actions so far! ☺️ @welpthatdidntwork asked for the 118 and family as various rodents and i had a blast assigning rat-sonas to everyone, haha. thank you for donating! 💖

prompt submissions are over for the event but donations are always open! please consider continuing helping out families in need 🍉

have fun figuring everyone out if you’d like but here’s the cheat sheet if you wanted: bobby (capybara), athena (prairie dog), ravi (jerboa), hen (porcupine), karen (chinchilla), maddie (chipmunk—bad alvin joke), chim (hamster), eddie (kaibab squirrel), buck (harvest mouse), AND in the top corner i couldn’t NOT include our flying aces LUCY and TOMMY as flying squirrels……..

[mutant-distraction]

Kaibab squirrel

photo: Barbara am Ende

[antiqueanimals]

Mammals of the Southwest Mountains and Mesas. Written by George Olin. Illustrated by Edward Bierly. 1961.

Internet Archive

[nature-nerd-sarah]

Another very small animal enclosure for the Inner City Zoo! This time, it's squirrels. These little grey fellows with their white tails will surely entertain visitors as they climb and play in the trees of their cage.

[michael-massa-micon]

Kaibab White-Tailed Squirrel - May 2018 Kaibab Camper Village - Lake Jacob AZ The Kaibab White-Tailed Squirrel is rather rare and is found only in certain areas near the north side of the Grand Canyon. Fortunately for us, one lived in the campground and came through almost every night on the way back to its nest. He was really hard to catch because he was fast, but I managed to get several decent shots of him. His white tail and strange ears mark him as a distinct breed of squirrel. If I hadn’t known about him in advance, I might have thought it was a strange-looking rabbit with a long tail. Instead it is a strange-looking squirrel. MWM http://michael-massa-micon.tumblr.com

[amnhnyc]

Exhibit of the Day: Abert’s squirrel in the Hall of North American Mammals! Only in winter do the perky ears of Abert’s squirrels grow tassels, or tufts of hair. Tree squirrels don’t hibernate, so a longer winter coat, topped by tassels, warms this species while it forages in its high, snowy habitat. This individual is from an isolated population on Arizona’s mile-high Kaibab Plateau. Separated for thousands of years, the Kaibab population has evolved an elegant white tail instead of the usual gray. Photo: R. Mickens/© AMNH (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCwRAYqgbAC/?igshid=1nj964e2zwe79

[gender-snatched]

what happens when [tumblr]? does it work for other things? [lemon] [kaibab squirrel] [still childfree renewed burn notice with trans charlie]

Doubt it works for other things but anyway ive never watched burn notice (swear I'll get around to it) but a renewed one sounds nice

[bignaz8]

Kaibab Squirrel, Arizona

[kasiekaibabsquirrel]

introducing Kasie!

Kasie is a kaibab squirrel training to be a marine linguist aboard the Octopod. She is 17 years old (hence why she’s still in training) and has been invited to spend a year with the Octonauts to see if she is a good match with them.

More of Kasie’s personality will be revealed as I keep expanding this little idea! :)

[kaijutegu]

Wait, Tegs, what squirrels?

These dudes!

https://scienecerules.wordpress.com/2015/11/06/the-speciation-of-squirrels/

It’s another example of allopatric speciation- the Kaibab squirrel and the Abert’s squirrel were originally one species.

Then the Grand Canyon happened.

Now they’re two species!

[ericruchenskyblog]

I spent my Saturday hiking from the top of the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park down South Kaibab Trail to the Colorado River and Phantom Ranch and then back up Bright Angel Trail to Fred Harvey Burger at El Tovar Hotel. It was a beautiful hike minus the blisters from skipping through the running creek that Bright Angel Trail had become near Havasupai Gardens. 17 miles total and no bites from the ravenous Abert squirrels that did try to steal my snacks.

[antiqueanimals]

Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874 - 1927)

[seekerofkindness]

Visiting the South Rim of Grand Canyon

In late September early October of 2018, my boyfriend and I visited Grand Canyon. This trip was 3 months in the making, and we couldn’t have been more grateful to not only be able to afford the trip but also to travel together. I kept thanking God then for our great jobs which come with amazing benefits - the kind of benefits that allow us to get paid while traveling and just enjoying our lives together. I’m still thanking God now as I sit here and reflect on a great adventure we had. Words cannot express how humbled and blessed we are towards the unconditional grace and blessings God has gifted us. 

When we started planning this trip, we had one intention in mind - taking JB’s trailer out to go camping. We had talked about camping ever since we met but had not been able to make the plans become reality. Thus, after throwing out ideas, we both agreed on Grand Canyon. 

We couldn’t have been able to have such a successful trip without www.visitgrandcanyon.com

That website has all of the information JB and I needed to plan our visit, from campground rates and hookups details to hiking trails and interest points on each trail to biking routes. They also list the must-see’s and have a tab of “Plan Your Visit” at the convenience of users/potential tourists. Thank you, Grand Canyon, for such useful information! 

Going off of the information provided on the website, we booked our spot at the Trailer Village RV Park, which was located inside the National Park. Just the RV itself has such great scenery and the frequent visits from the elks, the birds, and the squirrels. During our 5-day-4-night stay here, we walked and biked around the park, and each time gave us unique and different experience. I highly recommend it! 

Since our trip was from Thursday to Monday, we had a solid 3-day period to explore the Grand Canyon at the convenience of our own schedule. Each morning we woke up at around 7:00 a.m., made breakfast, packed our sandwiches for lunch, and proceeded with the itinerary we had planned the night before. Since our spot in the RV park did not have a fire pit, we improvised and made s’mores using the stove in JB’s trailer. It was quite an experience! 

Day 1 consisted of 20-mile bike riding, which proved to be detrimental to our legs. As tired as our quads were at the end of the day, JB and I couldn’t have imagined such a magical and refreshing experience riding our bikes along the rim of Grand Canyon. We started at the trailer park and eventually made our way to Hermit Rest, with lots of stops along the route for sight seeing, snack breaks, and photo ops. 

We did not have a specific timeline so we just took our time at each viewpoint and enjoy the breathtaking beauty of the Grand Canyon. My personal favorite part was when JB told me: “This is probably the best place I’ve ever ridden my bike” and this man has biked at A LOT of places! 

After reaching Hermit Rest, we both decided to take the bus back to the RV park and hop back on the bus to enjoy the beautiful sunset. Y’all, I’ve always been a sucker for sunset, but this was truly the best sunset I have ever witnessed. Maybe it was because of having the love of my life there with me. Maybe it was because of the Grand Canyon itself. Or maybe it was the combination of both. I don’t know, but I’m so so grateful to have had this experience! 

On Day 2, we decided to hike down the South Kaibab Trail (intermediate). Other trails which you could hike at the South Rim are the Bright Angel Trail (easy) and the Grand View Trail (difficult). Although these trails are ranked different in terms of difficulty, each one has its own interest points and difficult level. For our hike, we only stopped at the second furthest point of the trail - Cedar Ridge - because climbing up was extremely difficult. 

We constantly needed to take a break to catch our breaths while battling the canyon winds that carried little rocks which were kind of tough on the skin. The easiest and most common stop of the South Kaibab Trail was the Ooh Aah Point. Of course, we had to snap a photo together!

Thus, hike at your own level of comfort; you can even hike all the way to the bottom of the Canyon, where you will be greeted by the Colorado River. However, it was not recommended for a 1-day hike, and neither JB nor I wanted to be a backpacker. Day-hikers we are, then!

Day 3 was forecasted to be somewhat gloomy, so JB decided to unhook the truck from the trailer and drove me to the east-most point of the South Rim - the Desert View Tower. This is the information I was able to extract from the website: “Anchoring Desert View is the watchtower, built in 1932 and designed by renowned architect Mary E. J. Colter. This iconic building was inspired by ancient Native American watchtowers and is decorated with murals by a Hopi artist. If you're interested in native culture, the nearby Tusayan Museum and Ruins also provides a window into the lives of the Pueblo Indians, who inhabited the area over 800 years ago.” Again, we took our time stopped at each viewpoint on our way back only to have our breaths taken away by the Canyon. 

The next day, we packed up and headed home with our heart so full of gratitude, love, and hopes for future adventures together. I’m really glad to have found my travel buddy and life partner to go on these wonderful trips with. God is so so good, and the Grand Canyon is so so recommended! 

With love,

T.