[bcbirdclub] Re: Carnivorous Chipmunk Behavior

  • From: Jan Hawn <jhawn@xxxxxxx>
  • To: rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:35:24 -0400

We watched a chipmunk eat a still wiggling worm last year.  It dropped it a couple of times, but retrieved it and continued the meal.

Janice Hawn
"If youâ??re not prepared to be wrong, youâ??ll never come up with anything original.â?? (Ken Robinson)



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From: "Roger Mayhorn"
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Date: 03/31/2012 12:05AM
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Carnivorous Chipmunk Behavior

This morning Lynda and I were watching a family of chipmunks playing along our yard stream when I saw an adult chipmunk eating something unusual. With binoculars I could tell it was eating what was possibly a small vole or mole. I apologize for the photo quality.
 
 
 The chipmunk then picked up the rest of the rodent and started to carry it off. It paused long enough for this shot.
 
 
It then disappeared into the rocks with its meal. I was aware that chipmunks would sometimes eat bird eggs, and sometimes baby birds. There are You Tube videos showing chipmunks eating baby robins and baby mice. I tend to agree with Don Carrier that this may be a nursing female who needs protein to create milk for her 4 youngsters.
 
 
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt


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