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One delightful rodent you’re apt to see is the cheeky Douglas squirrel (also known as the pine squirrel or chickaree). This rodent’s strident chattering and frenetic activity in the mixed-conifer and red-fir forests are often amusing to passersby. The Douglas squirrel is rarely a camp robber, but he may drop a green pine or fir cone uncomfortably close to you as you pass beneath his tree. The piles of cone scales and cones under trees usually belong to Douglas squirrels.

The much larger gray squirrel, which lives in the mixed low-elevation forest, is very shy and seldom seen. Skunks, raccoons, ringtail cats, opossums, and foxes also frequent this community, rarely moving into the upper communities.

Oddly, the western states’ largest rodent, the porcupine, is rare in this area, although quite common elsewhere in California. Bats are often seen around lakes and meadows after dusk, hunting for insects. Their marvelous flight rarely ceases to amaze visitors to their realm.

The Douglas squirrel has attitude to spare.