Two weeks ago this log was still covered under two feet of snow. It’s all gone now and the Eastern Chipmunk seems to enjoy this as much as we do. There was a bird feeder with sunflower seeds nearby during the winter and I’m sure the chipmunk found every single seed that fell into the hollow log and that the birds didn’t get. I saw it running with full cheeks several times and the dirt in its fur tells the story...
No matter in what area we went in the Rocky Mountains there were always some chipmunks or squirrels present. The smallest one of them is the Least Chipmunk. They are much smaller than the Eastern Chipmunk that we have here at home in Iowa. The little guys were all very busy finding food for the long winter. The Least Chipmunk's diet contains seeds, fruits, berries, and grasses but it also eats fungi and invertebrates. We had a lot of fun watching them.
