Lunch-time - Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
Ronald W. Schlorff©
Original (10 x 8) - $700.00
Golden-mantled ground squirrels are common mammals throughout the Pacific northwest in the
more open stages of forest ecosystems that are dominated by mixed conifer and hardwood trees.
These active little ground squirrels are important in the diets of many forest-dwelling avian and
mammalian predators such as hawks, owls, foxes, bobcats, and coyotes. Unbeknownst to many
humans these appealing and "friendly" little creatures carry the dreaded bubonic plague in their
fleas. Each year a few people get close enough to ground squirrels to be bitten by a flea and become
infected with the disease.
In this painting I've shown a ground squirrel dining on a typical seed source readily available from
his forest environment. While he eats he is constantly alert to predators lest he should find that he
becomes the "main course."
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