Even chipmunks brush their teeth

This series is hanging on the wall at my dentist. So cute!

We were not alone

We were in the middle of absolutely nowhere, not a car in sight, but we weren't alone.

No matter where we go we cannot ever, ever, get away from chipmunks! sigh

SOOC #12

I have been trying to change my attitude towards the chipmunks driving me crazy. They are everywhere, so I might as well embrace them, lol.

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The reason we moved the bird feeder

Smiling Chipmunk

As I click my camera, trying to share my view of this wonderful world, occasionally, something happens that is serendipitous.  I snapped away at this chipmunk nibbling and ended up with a smile from him for my effort.  When I saw the photo, as I unloaded the camera, it made me laugh and I hope it does you too!

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You can't see me

It's a love/hate relationship.  All summer long they drive me crazy, chipmunks everywhere, into everything, chirping and just generally being pests.  But by this time of year, they have calmed down, they're quiet and generally only seen stealing my birdseed, lol.  This guy thinks he's hidden.

Who's in my yard?

A coy sparrow

The white-breasted nuthatches stay all summer, but the red-breasted are back now too.

We have a plethora of chickadees tour our yard daily, but a few have gotten zany, hoping over the plastic divider and into the seed! They often hop back out the other side. lol

We have several woodpeckers visit daily. This one was not in our yard, but you'll be seeing one of them soon.

And this dark-eyed junco is not in our yard but many are - they just don't cooperate as well in my yard.

The chipmunks are gathering for the upcoming winter. Their puffy cheeks always make me giggle.  The squirrels are driving me crazy getting into the seed too!  All except one, Pixel (the flying squirrel) has been making appearance again - I'm hoping she'll move back into the birdhouse for the winter.

I have not seen turkeys in our yard but I often see them a few blocks away from our house.

Chippy Lil Chipmunks (or the thorns in my side)

As you know, this summer the chipmunks drove me nuts. This one was hilarious! He kept using this branch to access the birdfeeder, then I moved the birdfeeder. Too funny to watch him keep going to the end of the branch, just to turn around and go back. He did is many times, guess he’s a slow learner.

Another chipmunk decided to explore this little birdhouse as a possible home.

They started preparing for winter, stuffing cheeks as full as possible.

These were taken last month (before I got sick), and I haven’t seen a chipmunk in a while, believe it or not, I kinda miss them.

Good thing I have my chipmunk statue.

The Nuisance Twins

This photo is over a year old but here you see my favorite squirrel. We have a couple of different ones that come into our yard but she, lady with fuzzy ears, is my favorite and I really don’t mind too much when she steals some seed.

This spring she had twins. They’re a lot of fun to watch running and scampering and playing with each other. But getting both of them in one shot proved difficult.

I think they are as curious about me as I am about them.

And this stupid chipmunk, yeah, I got a little fed up with chipmunks this summer. They kept stealing our tomatoes off the vine so we finally bought a live trap (placed it between the tomato plants) and relocated some of them. I don’t think they have large territories so I really think the ones we have moved out have stayed out but we still have plenty. The first day the trap was out we caught eight of them, and each day after that at least two a day, every single day for a month and we still have plenty! We have a highway very near our house so we put them on the other side of the highway hoping that would keep them away.

Anyway, this stupid chipmunk wanted to play with the squirrels but they were having none of that.

A part of me wishes I was this limber, but then again I don’t think I would like scratching my butt with my mouth.

Charge!

Hiding in the bush waiting for me to leave so it can get some more birdseed.

They’re everywhere! It’s a love/hate relationship!

Too bad the babies can’t have their mama’s furry beige ears.