This golden-mantled ground squirrel was another creature at Mount Rainier busy eating as much as possible. It was almost reckless as it sprinted around looking for seeds in the grasses beside the Pinnacle Peak Trail in the Paradise section of the park. I was able to get a variety of pictures before it exhausted the supply of seeds in this little patch and sprinted off to another location.

From this headshot you can see one easy way to distinguish this type of ground squirrel from a chipmunk: a chipmunk has stripes on its face, while the ground squirrel does not.