One Day on Beetle Rock Author:Sally Carrighar Beetle Rock is a "very" real place in Sequoia National Park, an often sunny place amidst the Giant Sequoias and Sugar Pines of a medium-high["Upper Montane", not higher "Subalpine"]part of the southern Sierra Nevada of California. — The story of Beetle Rock is told from one human being's vision of what some anima... more »ls living near or on Beetle Rock "see". The chapters are: Beetle Rock, The Weasel, The Sierra Grouse , The Chickaree [the California cousin of the little northern Red Squirrel, The Black Bear, The Lizard [Either Sceloporus occidentalis or S.graciosus; related to the Eastern Fence Lizard}, The Coyote [usually not in the forest,but extermination of wolves has resulted in coyotes trying to "fill in for wolves; and maybe there are other openings in the forest more suited to coyotes,like Beetle Rock], the Deer Mouse, the Stellar Jay[related to the eastern Blue Jay], and the Mule Deer,[not a forest species; has big ears].
Black & white bold relief illustrations of the locals as seen by the author.« less