If you have a persistent resident then "he" is most likely a "she".
Female chipmunks set up a permanent residence which gets embellished
each year with new chambers, runways and hidden entrances. Males roam
the neighborhood spreading their genes wherever they can. When the kits
are born the males are specifically disinvited from the female's home
territory. They tend to be unhelpful and sometimes extremely unhelpful
by viewing the kits as part of the female's larder. The kits are raised
to about the age of 6 weeks whereupon they too are specifically
disinvited from further sharing in mother's larder. Finding a new place
where they can be accepted is difficult. Many don't make it.
Actually, not too much different from alligators and some other
critters. Doesn't sound like Chip n' Dale, eh?
Chuck Norcutt
Jim Nichols wrote:
> Moose,
>
> Thanks for the grammar lesson. You have some great shots, especially the
> first one. At my house, the sound of the back door opening sends him
> scrambling.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 1:45 PM
> Subject: [OM] Who is Training Whom? [was Who is Training Who?]
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>
>> Jim Nichols wrote: ...
>>
>> Oh no!
>>
>> Yesterday, I came across two examples, one in a major newspaper in an
>> article from a major national source and the second in the label of a
>> product, of the use of affect where effect would have been correct.
>>
>> A. Tendentious Moose
>>
>> PS: Nice capture.
>>
>> PPS: I ran into one of those last month in Mass.
>> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=NorthEast_2009/Massachusetts&image=_MG_7269cr2ia.jpg>
>>
>> PPPS: And here's a Western ground squirrel.
>> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/Monterey%20-%20June%202006/Point%20Lobos/slides/_MG_0349.html>
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