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Chip
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Copyright: Yves Grenier (eev) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 67 W: 36 N: 64] (711)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-08-07
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Canon Eos 300D Digital Rebel, Canon 70-200 f/4L
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/2500 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2005-08-14 10:12
Viewed: 1071
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Your garden variety chipmunk.

The eastern chipmunk has reddish-brown fur on its back and sides and white fur on its stomach. It has two white stripes bordered by black on its sides and one black stripe on the center of its back. The eastern chipmunk has light stripes above and below its eyes and it has pouched cheeks that it uses to store and carry food.

Diet
Most of the eastern chipmunk's diet is made up of nuts, acorns, seeds, mushrooms, fruits, berries and corn. It also eats insects, bird eggs, snails and small mammals like young mice. In winter, it stays in its den. The eastern chipmunk doesn't truly hibernate, but it does spend a lot of time sleeping. It may wake up every few weeks to eat the food it has stored.

The eastern chipmunk spends a large part of its waking hours gathering and storing food for the winter. Eastern chipmunks are also very vocal and can be heard chattering as they gather food. In fact, they get their name chipmunk from the "chip-chip" sound that they make!

Ref; http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/chipmunk.htm
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Very good photo.

Well done!

He looks ike a very wary chap indeed, I love the colours. I would have like to see more of the chipmunk in focus, did you have the focus set on the hands by any chance? Great shot.

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  • IdoTT Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 210 W: 19 N: 86] (482)
  • [2005-08-14 13:51]

How cute!...
Excellent photo, a bit noisy but excellent!

WellDone!

Yves, very cute chipmunk. Pose is excellent, good work, very good sharpness, details, colours and copmposition. Thanks for sharing

A very nice intimate close-up of this lovely animal.
Very sharp details.
There seems to be a slight colour cast, though, which could be fixed with some fiddling of the colour balance.

So cute! Lovely picture!

Hello, thanks for the nice comment, and yes its 2 oil plat. Theres a lot of them here arround the beach.
Im gonna add more pics abbout sunset in my flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/andrieux
take a look if you can.
Happy 2006.

Great capture!!! well done Yves!!!

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