Adorable Chipmunk

by Kathy Kelly

Title

Adorable Chipmunk

Artist

Kathy Kelly

Medium

Mixed Media - Digital Art

Description

Eastern Chipmunk sitting on a branch. Meet the Eastern Chipmunk. These adorable creatures are regular visitors to our bird feeder and gardens.

As part of the squirrel family, the Eastern Chipmunk looks similar to their bushy-tailed cousins but are smaller, with reddish-brown fur, and alternating light and dark stripes along their cheeks and backs. The Eastern Chipmunk also has light stripes above and below its eyes and pouched cheeks that it uses to store and carry food.

Although chipmunks hibernate, they do not store fat. Instead they slowly gnaw away at their summer bounty throughout the winter. Amazingly enough, one chipmunk can gather up to 165 acorns in a day and in two days, it can collect enough food to last an entire winter.

While chipmunks are solitary creatures, they can be quite vocal as they gather food or look for a mate. They get their name from the "chip-chip" sound that they make.

This work has been featured in the following FAA Galleries and Contests:

Groups/galleries:

Paintography
New FAA Uploads
A Woman's Touch
Just Perfect
Ten Plus
The Awww So Cute Factor
Daily Promotion
Wildlife One a Day
Hodge Podge
HDR Photography
FAA Portraits
Our Four-Legged Friends

Contests:
Square Format - First place winner
New Logo for Our 4-Legged Friends

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June 8th, 2020

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