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Wildlife Reports => Toronto Wildlife => Topic started by: TomTelford on November 24, 2009, 05:41:55 PM

Title: Interloper
Post by: TomTelford on November 24, 2009, 05:41:55 PM
So I'm out feeding the feathered denizens and when I come back to the seed bucket I caught this little guy red...  pawed?

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2683/4132221074_5d3aee3ca0_b.jpg)

Tom.
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Post by: Bird Brain on November 24, 2009, 05:45:34 PM
Awwwww .... how cute is that little sweetie!  

Jo-Anne  :)
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Post by: denis on November 24, 2009, 07:45:50 PM
cute indeed.
just stuffing those cheeks for the winter stash. LOL
denis
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Post by: Axeman on November 28, 2009, 11:42:27 PM
He's not cute...interloper is a mild term...good thing he's in your bucket and not stealing the tulip bulbs you invested in, taking advantage of the home improvement tax credit...I can't even watch those two irritating cartoon chipmunks anymore....brrrrrrr.....the only thing that rivals them are the damn skunks that rip up my lawn looking for grubs and my garbage nws that I never have organic garbage....
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Post by: Bird Brain on November 29, 2009, 07:49:47 AM
Quote from: "Axeman"
He's not cute...interloper is a mild term...good thing he's in your bucket and not stealing the tulip bulbs you invested in, taking advantage of the home improvement tax credit...I can't even watch those two irritating cartoon chipmunks anymore....brrrrrrr.....the only thing that rivals them are the damn skunks that rip up my lawn looking for grubs and my garbage nws that I never have organic garbage....
Axeman ... I guess you wouldn't enjoy visiting High Park and having chipmunks sitting on your lap, shoulder, head, etc.  :lol:  

btw - is that beagle wearing the bell still in your neighbourhood or was that just driving you crazy back in the Spring?   :P

Jo-Anne  :)

p.s. - the chipmunk IS cute.  (hehe)
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Post by: TomTelford on November 29, 2009, 11:35:18 AM
Axeman,

I'm sorry to hear that you haven't had the best experiences with chipmunks...  This guy is fairly inocuous, lives under the deck and pops out to clean up the seed mess that the blue jays create under the feeders.  Squirrels and coons are the big pains out here, and coyotes but that's another story.  I was trapping a coon a day at one point this year...

I take it you are a city dweller.  Out here in the forest if we planted tulips we'd have a whole menagerie tromping through the garden.  Daffodils and Narcissuses (Narcissi?) are the safe bets here.

Happy birding.

Tom.
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Post by: egret on December 02, 2009, 02:13:02 PM
Ahhh, now
if that wee creature
don't just melt your heart!

tks!


Egret :D