My balance is every bit as good as the balance this chipmunk possesses…in my dreams.
This cutie behind the flower could be sharper, but I liked it enough to post it anyway.
Happy Sunday!
Chipmunk Summer
Tag: cute animal
Summertime happy!
Watch the video below to see the babies playing and running with their mama. I combined some clips captured with my trail camera and was surprised at what I miss when I’m not at, “The Window”.
Babies of the woods.
Some of the new fawns that arrived this spring. I’ve been trying to determine if they pass by at the same time each day, but so far, no luck with that.
I‘ve captured a few short videos of them romping together, chasing after their mother, etc., with my trail camera, but getting them to load onto my laptop has been a bit of a challenge. You never know, a miracle could happen and I’ll actually get to share them with you.
The construction guy.
This little one will be responsible for my poured concrete patio slipping off it’s perch atop a hill.
Chipmunks dig tunnels all OVER and this one seems to LOVE the corner just next to the house. It digs under the concrete, apparently just for the fun of it and I can see the ground underneath now!
I can put a big rock over the hole, (don’t worry, the little one can escape out the other end of the tunnel,) but somehow overnight, THE ROCK’S BEEN MOVED!
Monday!?
I told this groundhog that it was Monday and it just stared at me. To a groundhog it’s the season that matters.
It asked me what month it was and I told it July, I thought it was just messing with me. After doing a little research I found out that for these cuties the month IS important because there is a deadline of sorts for them. Winter is coming.
They spend every day stuffing themselves in preparation for winter…they will hibernate underground and so they need to build lots of body fat to live on.
We have Groundhog day here, a tradition that is built on the premise that, every year on the second of February if a groundhog sees it’s shadow, it means six more weeks of winter.
The truth of the matter is, the males come out of hibernation in February to locate females that are still in hibernation. Breeding season will start in March, so, having located the objects of their affection, the males go back into hibernation for a few more weeks.
Who wants to get out of bed before they have to?
(One more interesting fact…THEY’RE A MEMBER OF THE SQUIRREL FAMILY!)
A WINDOW INTO THE WOODS 