Chipmunk in the Garden

A week or so ago, before my new camera arrived, I was out taking pictures of insects in the garden are at the front of my house. I heard rustling in the bushes. I wondered if it was the lizard I had seen on my front porch. More rustling. I decided it was something a little bigger than the lizard. I continued taking pictures and listening to the sounds of the front flower bed. Then I looked down at the tubing we attached to the outlet from our sump pump to drain the water further away from the house ---- a chipmunk was staring up at me. The zoomed setting was perfect for getting a quick picture!

Now that I think about it – I wonder if the tubing is still attached to the sump pump. It seems to be a highway for the chipmunk these days so there must be an opening on an end close to the house where the animal enters the tube.