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I was working in the yard tonight when all of a sudden two young chipmunks started following me. One of them came right up to me and climbed on my shoe !
I didn't want to lead them too far away from their nest, so when the little guy got off I ran to the garage ...and so did they !
So, now I had two baby chipmunks in the garage and needed to figure out how to get them out ...but first I got the camera because there was no way anyone was going to believe this story.
When I got back in the garage the chipmunks were nowhere to be found. Great. So, I just stood still and waited for them to come out of hiding. Eventually they walked right up to me. I grabbed a broom and put it down in front of them. They climbed aboard, I picked up the broom and brought them back out to the yard.
I could hear the mother in the stone wall and she sounded none too happy. So I reached the end of the broom as close to the wall where I could hear the mother as I could, gently shook the little guys off and headed back to the house ...and they followed me ! They hopped right on my shoes and were coming along !
These guys were really cute ...and either incredibly confused, brazen, friendly, stupid or a combination of all.
Dean
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
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Bruce would have liked that.
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
Even young Chipmunks usually have the stripes the adults have.Their behavior is a bit odd. I grew in rural WV and have been around
a lot of Chipmunks and Gray squirrels and I have not see many
that adventuresome. Maybe their mother was trying to force
them out of the nest to go out an explore. And they were scared
and came running to you for support.
Edits: 04/20/12
..because we have so many of them.Their behavior was odd ...but loads of fun.
Once I was able to get away from them I watched them play in the yard for a while ...which is a dangerous thing for them to do. We have a lot of Hawks in the neighborhood and I've seen them swoop down and fly off with chipmunks and field-mice.
My daughter had named them Alvin and Theodore. But now that we know they are Red Squirrels they are Ralph and Norton.
dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
Edits: 04/20/12
it's a chipmunk thing. Squirrels like pants for obvious reasons.
Tom
Amusing story and nice photos, Dean! BWK would have smiled, too.
Brian Walsh
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