There are a bunch of brown ground squirrels at our apartment complex.  You see, we had grey squirrels in Chicago, so these were quite original for us, as they’re smaller, a bit less bushy, and, yes, brown.

And people feed them in the complex, so they are pretty brazen.  Here’s a picture I took of one on our small ground porch; we’ve had them come all the way up to the open screen door.  The only things they seem to fear are loud noises and our dog.

Maybe its looking for Bulwinkle