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Originally Posted by John A. Birdsall
Well, this year I have seen more chipmunks and squirrels than I think in the past. Last weekend while on my boat at the dock I watched five chipmunks playing on the beach and going under the boat house. I usually only see one or two and they might have been one in the same. But five at a time is unusual. In some areas where the acorns are falling they chipmunks and squirrels may be in hiding., Would you want one of them bombs falling on your head? ouch.  |
I hadn't noticed any "acorn difference" this year; however,
we've never seen so many chipmunks!
(But because our family doesn't see them anywhere else, we enjoy their New Hampshire unique-to-us company, habits and hilarious antics).
Last month, I spread a large number of sunflower seeds on a sun deck to see the maximum we could coax out while we enjoyed crackers, wine, and the late afternoon.
Counting wasn't easy to do, because chipmunks become very territorial around food and chase after one another in a serious—but hilarious—manner.
We managed to count
eight chipmunks at one time—
all in "full-chase" mode.
Emboldened by "chipmunk-adrenalin", chipmunks even chased off some red squirrels!
One guest said of the encounter, "It's like being inside a pin-ball machine!"
