July 2, 2013 - Day 2

July 02, 2013  •  Leave a Comment

Welcome to day two of my photo/blog project. I woke up this morning very excited about my project so I made sure to run my errands early this way I could get back and put a little focus on my idea for today. Luckily it hasn't yet rained at camp, so that gave me time to take a little walk around the grounds in search of wildlife. My preference was for a chipmunk, so I made sure to take a walk over to Gary's site (the man from Florida who feeds the chipmunks and has recently written a book about them and had it published). This morning I learned that he has 14 different chipmunks who visit and hang out with him and his wife. He goes through roughly 300 lbs of peanuts and 100 lbs of sunflower seeds per year. The peanuts are handed out most often and the sunflower seeds are an extra treat. Gary has named all 14 of them and knows each one by their markings. These cute little animals come right up to him and ask for peanuts and/or sunflower seeds and he often feeds them by hand. He even managed to carry one around in his shirt pocket once. I was really fascinated by how cute that must have been. So here it goes, one of the "Brookwood Chipmunks" enjoying his/her lunch!

 


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