Chippermunkers

I have three or four Chippermunkers running around my yard all day long.  Some people tend to call them Chipmunks, but I call them Chippermunkers.  Why do I call them Chippermunkers?  Well, they’re in my yard, so I can call them whatever I want.  Chippermunkers!

They are always stealing pieces of dried whole kernel corn that I put out for my wild Sandhill Crane family.  The Chippermunkers stuff their cheeks so full it’s a wonder how their heads don’t get stuck somewhere inside their own underground tunnels.

Whenever Chippermunkers run, they run fast.  I think maybe they need to cut back on their caffeine & sugar intake a little, because they are just way too hyper.  Did you notice the “racing stripes” along their sides in the picture?

Chippermunkers will often get in fights and chase each other around the yard.  When they run, their tail sticks straight up in the air like a periscope; it looks really funny.

I’ve also noticed that Chippermunkers seem to like to charge straight at birds on the ground just to make the birds jump up in the air to get out of the way.  Whenever they run across the yard into the marsh for water, they always seem to run straight at some birds.  I’ll bet the Chippermunkers laugh when they do this because they think it’s really funny.

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