January 21 is Squirrel Appreciation Day. Really. It was established by Christy Hargrove, a wildlife rehabilitator from North Carolina, to draw attention to the importance of these remarkably widespread creatures. Native to five continents and currently living on six (there"s no Antarctic squirrel), there are about 285 species of squirrels in the world, ranging from the tiny African pygmy squirrel to the Bhutan giant flying squirrel (when in Bhutan, be ready to duck).
Observing a squirrelly day
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Serra de Tramuntana, Majorca, Spain
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A. M. Foster Bridge in Cabot, Vermont
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Travel Sunday: Flamenco in Granada, Andalusia, Spain
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International Geodiversity Day
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Sundance Film Festival
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Merry Christmas!
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Giving Tuesday
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Snow buntings take flight
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Grandparents Day
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Palouse farmland, Washington state
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Strolling across the Red Lagoon
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Daylight saving time
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World Sea Turtle Day
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The Christmas Bird Count begins
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A narrow passage
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Earth Science Week
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Looking back on 150 years of rail travel
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English National Ballet performing The Nutcracker
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Juneteenth
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A keel-billed toucan in Costa Rica
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Looking down on the Otter
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Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
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Pont Rouge
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