Chipmunk the Squirrel
No longer a baby, but still young, the squirrel named Chipmunk has moved out of her previous home.
Baby Chipmunk Home
When a baby, and in her early weeks she lived in the hole in the maple tree pictured above. Now a resident of our garage, we will make no attempt to discourage her from living there in this dry space out of the weather.
All baby squirrels are cute, and worthy of feeding, but this one gave us a special reason for feeding it. You see, when it was very young and very tiny we noticed it living beneath our hosta plants, and very obviously injured.
She appeared to have some sort of hip injury, and dragged herself around by her front feet. We figured the least we could do was to make sure she had food and water handy. Now she seems to have recovered a lot from her injury, and though her movements still show traces of her previous injury, she does get around quite nicely.
Amazingly shy and cautious, it took many many weeks before she was brave enough to come to our deck for food, and we continued to leave food for her in a spot she would come to.
Eventually she did decide it was safe to come to our deck for food and water, and has come to accept us as the people with peanuts.
Although she will not yet accept a peanut from our fingers, she now will come to the deck when we are there, and if we do toss a peanut in her direction, she will come within a few feet of us. She does try to get up the nerve to come closer to us, and as she contemplates that, all four of her feet are in constant motion, stepping up and down rapidly, but going nowhere as she keeps ready for a potential dash away if needed.
Oh, a squirrel named Chipmunk? Sure, why not? It is nice to be able to discuss a specific squirrel, and a name does help in identification. Vicky began calling this squirrel Chipmunk because of its tiny size when we first noticed it, and the name stuck.
Is Chipmunk a girl? Well, we really don't know, but Vicky began referring to this squirrel as "she" or "her" and that has stuck.
Squirrel Treat
This picture shows the short tail squirrel having a treat on our deck.
Squirrel Treat
Yes, it is another photo of an Omaha squirrel sandwich, and in this photo the squirrel is eating it in a preferred manner. First lick out the insides (chunky peanut butter), then eat the bread if still hungry...
Yes, this does remind us of Oreo cookies and their commercials, and is proof that this style of eating something tasty is not just limited to humans. After thoroughly eating the inner contents of its sandwich, this squirrel will finally get around to eating the bread.
Squirrel House
It would be quite nice to be able to afford as many homes as the neighborhood squirrels have. Did I mention a plural form of the word squirrel? Yes, we have squirrels again!
Though the short tailed squirrel still stops by every now and then, we have a new family of squirrels in the tree behind our yard that "visit" our deck more frequently.
Squirrel House
They share this hole in the old maple tree, at least part of the time. This place gives them some shelter from the weather, plus it is an excellent lookout hole for them. They have a nice view of our backyard, deck, and back door from here.
These squirrels like to keep an eye on us when they are getting hungry and are hoping for sunflower seeds, peanuts, or a squirrel sandwich. We've noticed the three of them all curled up taking a nap in this maple tree hole after having had their fill from the food Vicky or I leave for them.
There is a larger squirrel (which we assume is the mother), a baby squirrel, and a almost full grown squirrel. Rarely, but sometimes, we do see one more squirrel, a light colored sort of gold colored one. On that color description, I must admit I am partially color blind, which may explain my seeing gold colored squirrels.
We hope to "tame" these squirrels enough to accept a peanut from our fingers, but they are not the bravest squirrels we have seen. The baby is especially cautious, but I suppose that is good.
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