Dee At 8 A.M.: Mammal

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Tuesday, June 9, 2026

June 9, 2026

I am known as an Eastern Fox Squirrel

I have many ways to communicate and keep me from harm

Including vibrissae that I use as sensors

Near my eyes, nose, chin and forearms.

Location: Pearson Metro Park, Oregon, OH

Sources: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Sciurus_niger/

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Monday, January 26, 2026

January 26, 2026

Whose poop is this? I think I know

His home is in the deep woods though

If he should see me stopping here

I'll run as fast as I can go.

(With all apologies to Robert Frost.)

Thanks to very special guest photographer, David Simpson.

Location: Wekiva Springs State Park

Sources: https://floridawildlifefederation.org/florida-black-bear/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stopping_by_Woods_on_a_Snowy_Evening

Sunday, June 29, 2025

June 29, 2025

I am known as a Variegated Squirrel

I can be found in both wet and dry tropical forests

My color can vary from black to lighter yellow

My fur is darkest where rain falls in torrents.

Location: Donde de Cope, Costa Rica

Sources: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Sciurus_variegatoides/

Monday, January 22, 2024

January 22, 2024

I am a female Alaskan Moose

I'm the largest member of the deer family

I can weigh as much as 1,300 pounds

In winter I eat the cambium layer of trees.

Location: Juneau, AK

Date photo taken: Early August, 2012

Sources: https://www.nps.gov/kefj/learn/nature/moose.htm

Photo and text © 2024 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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Sunday, January 21, 2024

January 21, 2024

I am known as a Caribou

I'm the non-domesticated form of Reindeer

I'm an herbivore and it can be hard to find plants

In the winter I eat lichens so I can remain here.

Location: Juneau, AK

Date photo taken: Early August, 2012

Sources: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Rangifer_tarandus/

Photo and text © 2024 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

If you are reading and enjoying this blog, please consider supporting me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/deeat8am, or purchase my current book, The Rhyming Guide to Florida Spiders (details at https://deeateightam.blogspot.com/p/rhyming-guide-to-florida-spiders-now.html). Thank you for being a reader and friend of Dee at 8 A.M.

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

May 11, 2022

I am a Collared Peccary

Also known as a Javelina

You might mistake me for a pig or a boar

But never for a ballerina.

Special thanks to guest photographer, David Simpson.

Location: Hazel Bazemore Park, Corpus Christi TX

Sources: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Pecari_tajacu/

Photo © 2022 David Simpson and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

Friday, May 15, 2020

May 15, 2020

Location: Fellsmere, my house

I am one of many Eastern Gray Squirrels
Your birdseed will be gone where we accumulate
I'm known to be quite promiscuous -
It only takes me 30 seconds to copulate.

Sources: University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Animal Diversity Web - Sciurus carolinensis eastern gray squirrel

Photo and text © 2020 Dee Fairbanks Simpson