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The chipmunk is a solitary animal and will socialize during the breeding season. This animal is diurnal and eats insects, snails, nuts, berries, seeds, fruit, and grain. The chipmunk is a ground dwelling mammal. It constructs burrows which can be up to 30 feet in length.
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www.chipmunklearningzone.com/chipmunk-behavior.php
www.chipmunklearningzone.com/chipmunk-behavior.php
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Birds: Behavior ... The eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus, is in the squirrel family and the order Rodentia, or rodent. It is believed that the word "chipmunk" is derived from the word chetamnon, the name given to it by the Chippewa Indians.
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www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/wildlife/index.ph...
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Food and Feeding Behavior: The chipmunk's feeding habits reflect the woodland's seasonal supply of seeds, fruits, nuts, fungi, and tubers. Of this supply, striped, red and sugar maple seeds, beechnuts, the fruit of black cherries, and yellow trout lily bulbs form the bulk of the diet.
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www.esf.edu/aec/adks/mammals/chipmunk.htm
www.esf.edu/aec/adks/mammals/chipmunk.htm
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Soon, this one chipmunk becomes many. This increase in population leads to problems from the chipmunks behavior. If you have chipmunks in your yard, here are some of the problems you might expect to have happen.
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Behavior: The eastern chipmunk leads a more or less solitary existence and is active during the hours of daylight. It seems alert and shows the typical squirrel behavior pattern of quick movements and sudden pauses to look about.
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www.americazoo.com/goto/index/mammals/158.htm
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Ecological Effects on Eastern Chipmunk Behavior; Title, authors, journal, year, pages: The title of the article is "Influence of Canopy Closure and Shrub Coverage on Travel along Coarse Woody Debris by Eastern Chipmunks (Tamias striatus)." The authors are Patrick A. Zollner and Kevin J. Crane.
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www.associatedcontent.com/article/31290/ecological_effe...
www.associatedcontent.com/article/31290/ecological_effects_on_eastern_chipmunk.html
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Thomas Getty (1981) Territorial Behavior of Eastern Chipmunks (Tamias Striatus): Encounter Avoidance and Spatial Time-Sharing. Ecology: Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. ...
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www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.2307/1936989
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Behavior 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!
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www.nhptv.org/natureworks/chipmunk.htm
www.nhptv.org/natureworks/chipmunk.htm
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