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An Abert's Squirrel getting a drink at a mountain waterhole.

An Abert's Squirrel scaled down this vertical cliff face and hung by its back legs to reach the water. Other small mammals would not be this adept at climbing and would be unable to access this water.I

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2020
Date Uploaded: 07.2021
Photo Location: North of Flagstaff, Arizona, Arizona, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Copyright: © Jim Burns