Chipmunk in a maple

[JohnK]

I caught this little guy raiding the maple on Friday, I've never seen anything actually eat those maple helicopter seeds before.

All shot with the same exposure and brightened and cropped slightly differently in Lightroom (still learning the program).

500mm

1/200th

F/6.3

ISO 1600

All hand held

[Canon Guy]

Nice captures!

[Vicki_Jones]

Very nice picture. What kind of camera do you have?

[ShawnZ]

John lovely candid images of the chipmunk. What species? It reminds me of the least chimpmunk but the coloration is different. I've seen pine grosbeaks chow on maple helicopters seeds before

[JayinMN]

I love the second picture!

[Steve Foss]

Nice work, John. That first pic looks like he's using the leaf for an umbrella.

[Vicki_Jones]

So very sorry. Just new to sight and tried to post before I really knew what I was doing.... I haven't figured out how to remove my picture but I will if I can figure out how.

Quite impressed with your pictures. They are exceptional!!

Again I apologise.

[Steve Foss]

Hi Vicki:

Welcome to HSO. Nice to have you here!

I'll zap the pic for you so you can start a thread of your own. That beautiful pic deserves it.

[finnbay]

Nice shots, John! Ain't these little buggers entertaining?

[JohnK]

Thanks everyone! Vicki those shots were taken with a Nikon D300s and Sigma 150-500mm lens.

Shawn, I'm not 100% positive on the species, we think it's a Townsend Chipmunk, western Washington seems to be their typical range.

They are fun to watch, unfortunately the woods around the house are so thick up here that I rarely see them or any squirrls - they don't feel any need to come out near the house most of the time. I'm thinking about bribing them with an easy to reach bird feeder (one the Jays won't raid!).

I took a short video of it too, very tough to hold still at 500mm!!!