A ground squirrel makes his home at the foot of a dead Bristlecone pine, its strength providing shelter perhaps hundreds of years after its demise.

A ground squirrel sits at the base of a gnarled tree trunk.

And where there are squirrels, there are hawks. The open landscape must make for a battle as epic as the roadrunner and the coyote. #birds

A red-tailed hawk sits in sparse sagebrush, stretching its neck to look for prey.