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Eastern Chipmunk

Tamias (Tamias) striatus)

Description:

I believe this to be an Eastern Chipmunk

Habitat:

In our backyard which butts up to wetlands, woodlands and grazing pasture and is within a seven mile radius of a lake, creek, river and prairie fields. This fellow liked to crawl in and out of our firewood (cut) logs and so is covered in spider's webs and leaf matter.

Notes:

We feed birds heavily in our front and back yards. By putting out sunflower seeds, safflower and occasionally peanuts we attract other wildlife as well: Black, Red and Fox Squirrels, Chipmunks, Shrew, Stripped Gophers, Voles, Raccoons, etc... This inevitably leads to larger predators coming in for the smaller rodents and birds: Hawks, Bald Eagles, Mink, Skunk, Coyote and (twice seen) Cougars. We've even seen large scat that may have been from a Black Bear on both a 100-year-old fallen tree and on a wood dock we have leading out into our wetlands in back however the closest one has been 'reported" is on Otter Tail Lake a good 4-8 miles away. Wild Turkey and White-tailed Deer also frequently come into our yard and clean up the fallen bird seed on the ground.

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10 Comments

JanelleL.Streed
JanelleL.Streed 11 years ago

KarenPuracan-Thank you! They are, aren't they?!! :-)

JanelleL.Streed
JanelleL.Streed 11 years ago

StephenSolomons-Right?!! Thank you so much!

JanelleL.Streed
JanelleL.Streed 11 years ago

Ava T -B Thank you! Noah's Ark would be my Heaven on Earth. "-)

MrsPbio
MrsPbio 11 years ago

Unbelievably cute!

StephenSolomons
StephenSolomons 11 years ago

They always look like they are about to ask something, Lovely photos

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

Adorable chipmunk, and what a wildlife habitat you've created on your property! Thanks for the back-story.

JanelleL.Streed
JanelleL.Streed 11 years ago

YukoChartraw-Thank you so much!! :-)

JanelleL.Streed
JanelleL.Streed 11 years ago

Sukaina-Thank you! They're very sweet or gentle creatures. :-)

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

TOO CUTE! I love the last photo, too!

Sukaina
Sukaina 11 years ago

so cut! I like the last photo..

JanelleL.Streed
Spotted by
JanelleL.Streed

Minnesota, USA

Spotted on Aug 5, 2009
Submitted on Dec 24, 2012

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