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Our chipmunks have been
very busy adding new
products to our store.
 We still feature our
chipmunks on our mugs,
t-shirts, sweatshirts, and
hoodies, but we've also
added many new decorative
items.  We especially
like our new I-pod and
I-pad covers and new
items for babies in
addition to water bottles
and thermos containers.

Hope you enjoy your visit.

Now this is a very photogenic chipmunk. 

Miss Ears deMunk

Our yard is very small.  In fact, our house lot only measures 80' x 80'.  It's surprising how many chipmunks and other small wildlife we see in such a small area.  I'm guessing it's because they have an abundant amount of food and water and lots of woodpiles and stonewalls to hide in should a predator be near.  

The woods behind the house certainly provide plenty of wild edibles, there is an amply supply of seeds on the ground that spill out of the bird feeders, and of course, their human friends continually supply them with enough sunflower seeds and hamster treats to fill a burrow ten times over.  It may also be why they're content to spend some time with us.   

A Brief Visit from Mama Ears

It's been nearly two weeks since Miss Ears went  into her nest to have her babies.  As if she knew how much I  worried about her when I don't see her every day, there she was, last night, right after supper, sitting on the backstairs waiting for me.  She seemed nervous, and my guess is she was worried about her little ones.  

Watching her from the woodpile in the driveway was the bratty chipmunk, Sugar Plum.  The moment she saw me at the door, she leapt to the ground, jumped through the grass, dashed across the patio and up the stairs to chase Miss Ears away.  

I grabbed a large handful of sunflower seeds and sat down on the stoop throwing enough at the end of the patio to get Sugar Plum out of the way.  I called Ears a couple of times and finally she came out of hiding.  She immediately run up the stairs and up on my lap where she hastily began gathering up her seeds.  She had hardly filled her cheeks when she looked up at me and then dashed away to her den.

It was so good to see her, if only for a few minutes, and it was quite a surprise.  Usually wild chipmunks stay in their well stocked nests for the first four weeks after having their litter.  Sometime during the following two weeks they will venture out with their young.  

When Ears had her first littler last fall, I saw her during that two week period, but never the babies, at least not when I ventured out into the yard.  My only glimpse of them was from my sun porch window as they scampered through the woodpile under Mom's watchful eye.

Whenever I was outside, Ears would make sounds, barely audible to my ear, that must have warned her babies to stay hidden while I was around.  This was a far cry from Ears Mom, Chip E. deMunk, who often left me with her kids on the back stoop while she went off somewhere.  (She was probably taking a nap).

This is perhaps the most exciting time for me as I anticipate my first sighting of the new babies.  It is also very troubling because I don't get to see little Miss Ears every day and like a true chippy Mom, I worry about my adopted kids..   

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