Our first summer in the Foothills, there were only a couple (that we knew of), Golden Banded ground squirrels running about. We are human and found their expressive faces more appealing than the masses of Richardson’s Ground Squirrels that we had at our last home. This summer though, as rodents are known to do, we had many more Golden Banded Ground Squirrels. Keeping them out of the greenhouse was a chore and their adorableness faded. Soon, we were calling them, ‘Hawk food’, and, sure enough, look who shows up.