My newest totem animal! ;)

[FirstLight]

Me in Quarantine:

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[FirstLight]

1. ...and yes, I just took this on my deck...

The little fucker was literally vacuuming up the seed!

[SheltieLover]

2. What a cutie!!!

😍

There are some amazing myths as to how Chipmunks got those adorable stripes. 😉

[FirstLight]

3. I know! I used to bring my drum and tell the story of Bear & Chipmunk

when I worked at Boys & Girls Club!

The kids really dig oral tradition, they paid better attention than when being read to sometimes

Here's the version I would use, and yet of course I would add embellishments of voices and such!

https://www.oneidaindiannation.com/how-the-chipmunk-got-its-stripes/

[SheltieLover]

6. Awesome!!!

I'd never heard that version.

Here is another endearing one I ran across recently:

[link:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_palm_squirrel|

I love myths...and Nature.

[FirstLight]

7. I think this is him...

https://nhpbs.org/natureworks/goldensquirrel.htm


There's the much smaller actual chipmunks here too, i usually get a few different species of varmint and bird ...mostly stellar's jays.

Right now the baby jays are just fledgeling, so they are like half diown and still begging for others to feed them. It's hilarious. I dont even know how some of them fly when they are hallf fuzz! lol

[MLAA]

4. He's a hoarder! 🙂

[FirstLight]

5. lol...

I just wonder how he gets all that out of his cheeks (for storage?) or if he just eats them like a cow chewing cud?

[LisaL]

8. He is adorable.