lew Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 I forgot about these couple pictures I took last weekend. We've got 4 chipmunks & a red squirrel that have become regular guests at the trailer and spend most of the day with us. We leave a bowl of peanuts on the deck and they just help themselves, but I set it up on the table to get a couple pictures of them. Not a big deal, but I enjoy this kinda thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowPoke Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 Nice pic's Lew! Will they eat out of your hand yet? Chipmunks are really skittish but the red squirrel might. Phil's neighbour at the cottage in Sauble feeds the chipmunks and squirrels all summer long. They've become pretty friendly and are a blast to photograph. You have to be quick before the Blue Jays start dive bombing them! -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Clemens Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 That would be pretty neat just sitting there watching them. Looks like they'll have a nice little stash for the winter. How many peanuts can a chipmunk hold in its mouth at one time ... the fellow on the Slowpoke's last pick sure has a mouth full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted August 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 (edited) Yeah, they eat from our hands all the time Brian, both the red squirrel and the chippies. Those blue jays are fun to watch too, we have 7 that hang out in the tree on the front lawn and sit in the branches about 10' up. I can toss a peanut out and they'll almost get it before it hits the ground......really fast. Good to see your also a critter fan too Brian Rich, the ones at my place put 3 peanuts in their mouth at once, then scurry off and hide them in the wood pile. Edited August 10, 2007 by lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowPoke Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 I've found the squirrels will eat them on the spot but the chipmunks load up 3 at a time and haul 'em away and they're back again within minutes. They must have a hell of a stash somewhere. Come to think of it, the cottage sits a little high in one corner....hmmmm..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 Great pictures, I have to go on vacation to see anything but European Brown Squirrels. There doesn`t seem to be any others left around here. Saw a chipmunk in my yard a couple years ago, don`t know where it went, only once, very few squirrels of any kind, even the browns. Lots of birds some pretty ones, the Purple Martins get active everytime someone is cutting the grass, it stirs up bugs and they fly around eating them. A lot of Buzzards, trying not to feed them! Had a chipmunk in a cabin we rented in Pointe Au Baril had to make a trail of grapes to get it out the door, it liked them, don`t know if they all do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 We have a couple of them chipmonkeys over at Carp Point that just love to eat corn...they even knock the lid off the Tupperware container and crawl right inside...even if we close the lid with one inside he doesn't stop filling his face... Steve (Crappieperchhunter) has some pictures to download off his camera...maybe he will post some next week after his vacation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 they are cute little buggers but when you lock up the trailer for the winter they will chew a hole in it to find food when you open it up next year there will be a family of 500 living there....lol ok maybe it won't be that bad, but I did have problems with them at one time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motv8tr Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 Great pics Lew, a friend of mine in Barrie has a squirrel that comes for penuts, but only one, the others are too skittish. She also has a Blue Jay that will come down take a penut off the rail, fly up to its branch, shell the penut, take it elsewhere and then return for the 2nd, pretty cool to watch. Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikehunter Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 We had a squirrel at a campground in Florida where we stayed for several weeks back in 1989. We would spread peanut butter on pieces of bread and leave them out for the squirrels to eat. It was fun to watch them pick it up and lick the peanut butter off and then go on the the next piece. As the squirrels were eating the peanut butter the birds would be sitting in the tree above waiting for the squirrels to finish so they could come down and snatch the leftover bread. Fun to watch as they made a good team. Then one day we had a small mat sitting on the picnic table to dry in the sun. We were inside having dinner, looked out at the table and one of the squirrels was peeing on the mat! Then they tried to get into the motor home through the screen door and after that we never fed them anymore. Great pictures Lew. They are entertaining to watch. So if you run out of peanuts try some peanut butter on bread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 What, you haven't used them as musky bait yet I think they're so cute too Lew. Thanks for the pics. Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcallister.grant Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 Hey Lew, Cool pics. Are they there each and every year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay T Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 Those bush tigers are a pain in the butt, when hunting season comes around. You think a train is coming threw the bush. Those squirrels on the other hand make a great pie . Still nice pics though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fang Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 For those who haven't seen it goggle squirrelapult I'm sure that a Jr. model is somewhere in the works chipmunkapult anyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 They look well fed lew !!!!!! hey you might have a few pets there if ya can catch them.. ..they move faster than the speed of light..lol..lol cheers bud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Here's one that left a present at the bottom of my friend's mug while we were camping in Algonquin park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatherof3 Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 great pics,it's cool you get them to eat right out of hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pameladallaire Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 My cat Suzie has one job, to watch the peanut butter jar right outside the screen door. She shakes and puts her ears flat when the chipmunk and squirrel comes to eat out of it. Pam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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