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Eastern Chipmunk
Tamias striatus or Tamias (Tamias) striatus
33.8092, -84.2805
Field Notes
Description:
They have reddish-brown fur on their upper parts with 5 dark brown stripes and contrasting light brown stripes along their backs and light underparts. They have a tawny stripe that goes from their whiskers to below their ears and light stripes over their eyes. They have a dark tail. Like other chipmunks, they transport food in pouches in their cheeks. They have 2 fewer teeth than other chipmunks and have 4 toes each in the front legs but five in the back legs.[4]
Habitat:
Eastern USA, North America.
Notes:
Chipmunks are ground squirrels. This particular chipmunk was raiding the seeds I put out for the birds on a low platform feeder. It was stuffing its mouth full, running to what I presume was a nest, then returning to see if there was any seed left. It made 3 trips back and forth before the other critters finished off the two handfuls of seed.
The last picture also has a Northern Cardinal Male in it. They shared space for a while.
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