I have a love/hate relationship with chipmunks. They are such cheery little animals that are constantly busy. Yet, one house in MI that I lived in they became the bane of my existence. The neighborhood was full of chipmunks. The house backed up to multiple other houses that all had chain-link fences. “My” chipmunk would sit under my window, every Saturday morning-early, and bark at the chipmunks in the other yards. And they would bark back! They were so loud and insistent And they also ate my succulents. But, other than that experience, I really do enjoy watching them gather food and run about.
This is funny because, as established I lived in VT where we have a lot of chipmunks especially in the past year (2020) which for reasons I have since forgotten but led to a HUGE population boom which was so notable that like VPR (our NPR affiliate) picked it up. Let me see if I can dig it up.
Some family drama about chipmunks, so for reasons I am still not sure they really bother my uncle who lives nearby and has been waging war with the chipmunk population in his yard (this consists of getting one of those human traps and dropping them off at the park at ride in the town next over but chipmunks also apparently have a huge (for their size) like range of movement)
From Lauren, writing about chipmunks in Michigan:
I have a love/hate relationship with chipmunks. They are such cheery little animals that are constantly busy. Yet, one house in MI that I lived in they became the bane of my existence. The neighborhood was full of chipmunks. The house backed up to multiple other houses that all had chain-link fences. “My” chipmunk would sit under my window, every Saturday morning-early, and bark at the chipmunks in the other yards. And they would bark back! They were so loud and insistent And they also ate my succulents. But, other than that experience, I really do enjoy watching them gather food and run about.
"a sleeping room the size of a basketball" ... love it
This is funny because, as established I lived in VT where we have a lot of chipmunks especially in the past year (2020) which for reasons I have since forgotten but led to a HUGE population boom which was so notable that like VPR (our NPR affiliate) picked it up. Let me see if I can dig it up.
Some family drama about chipmunks, so for reasons I am still not sure they really bother my uncle who lives nearby and has been waging war with the chipmunk population in his yard (this consists of getting one of those human traps and dropping them off at the park at ride in the town next over but chipmunks also apparently have a huge (for their size) like range of movement)
Also, my favorite cassette as a kid, played over and over, was Chipmunk Rock. Here's their version of "Whip It" by Devo !! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL-9hvDpce4