Saw this little dewd at Balmorhea State Park in Toyahvale, TX too. Turns out he is a Mexican Ground Squirrel. Aieeeee muy Qte!! He was playin wif me. I'm just gonna post em all because the sequence is cute. Of course I used the zoom, I wasn't that close, but still he was a bit curious about me. Also, I deleted the first pic I took, which showed a little bit of his tail at the opening of his burrow, which is how I knew he was in there.
I realize I went a little nutso on the pics but I wasn't gonna quit snapping while he was letting me, and I didn't want to deny anyone of teh qte. He looks like what would happen if a regular gray squirrel and a chipmunk got together.
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