Tag: Coconino County

Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilius lateralis), at Kendrick Park, Coconino National Forest, Arizona.

This little fellow is practically a chipmunk, except for the lack of stripes around his eyes. 

Bonus Etymology: Callospermohilius means beautiful seed lover. 

Midden: Discarded cans at a logging or shepherds’ camp, near Kendrick Park in Coconino County, Arizona. 

Something tells me those men ate a lot of beans. 

About Parks: Here a park is an area of open, level, and unforested land, in contrast to a place for public recreational or ornamental use. At Kendrick Park the ponderosa and aspen forest gives way to a wide grassland tract. It’s a lovely, lonely place, just northwest of the San Francisco Peaks – yet another spot newly added to my list of Favorite Places (the park, not the midden).

Midden: Discarded cans at a logging or shepherds’ camp, near Kendrick Park in Coconino County, Arizona. 

Something tells me those men ate a lot of beans. 

About Parks: Here a park is an area of open, level, and unforested land, in contrast to a place for public recreational or ornamental use. At Kendrick Park the ponderosa and aspen forest gives way to a wide grassland tract. It’s a lovely, lonely place, just northwest of the San Francisco Peaks – yet another spot newly added to my list of Favorite Places (the park, not the midden).

Smoke from the Slide Fire obscures the ponderosa pines this morning, near Mund’s Park in Coconino County, Arizona. On a normal day in late May the air would be so crisp and clear you could almost count the needles on the pines.

The Slide Fire has been burning now for a week; over 18,500  acres (7,500 ha) have burned in that time. At least 1,100 people are working the fire, which is 35% contained. 

Smoke from the Slide Fire obscures the ponderosa pines this morning, near Mund’s Park in Coconino County, Arizona. On a normal day in late May the air would be so crisp and clear you could almost count the needles on the pines.

The Slide Fire has been burning now for a week; over 18,500  acres (7,500 ha) have burned in that time. At least 1,100 people are working the fire, which is 35% contained.