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Olympic Chipmunk (Tamias amoenus caurinus)

10,000 Birds

One creature that I almost overlooked as just another chipmunk is the Olympic Chipmunk , known to scientists and Latin enthusiasts as Tamias amoenus caurinus , a subspecies of the Yellow-pine Chipmunk Tamias amoenus. Though they are small and easily ignored chipmunks are also entertaining with their antics.

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There’s More to Birding than Birds

10,000 Birds

In New York and Chicago, they’ve been pretty mundane—a White-tailed Deer here, an Eastern Cottontail rabbit there. And of course, way too many chipmunks and squirrels and raccoons and turtles to count. Ditto for the Mule Deer who stood still for a few photos before bounding away.). Any herpophiles out there have a clue?

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Keep finding decapitated mice/rats under car

Reddit Animals

Lots of squirrels, chipmunks, deer, rabbits. the last part is raptor behavior but I can't imagine what kind of bird would be small enough to choose this space when there's 300 yds of chain link fence right there, and I've yet to see a dead squirrel, rabbit or chipmunk. but that's pretty much it for mammals.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

He never chased the rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, or deer who regularly visited. Jethro the dog. After I picked Jethro from the Boulder Humane Society and brought him to my mountain home, I knew he was a very special dog. He often tried to approach them as if they were friends.

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Busan to Broome

10,000 Birds

I haven’t just seen birds, but the most amazing butterflies, red squirrels, chipmunks and even a deer… all surviving in forests so close to so many people. A lone Terek Sandpiper in Busan… they will be waiting for me in the hundreds in Broome! I have had a good time exploring.

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