Chipmunk from Oxford CT

[Hoss]

This little guy was just sitting on a stump eating an acorn when I stumbled upon his hang out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipmunk

[Ron Kelley]

Hey Matt, Nice picture. Chipmunks are friendly little critters. Very often it is possible to get real close to one.

[G10+]

Lol, Arkansas chipmunks are wild as H:&;(LL. ......
That sure is a nice pic ..... Did u really walk up on him and him just sit there ??

[Hoss]

I was maybe ten feet from him when I shot the picture . He just dropped that nut and sat and stared at me.

[G10+]

That's really a awesome pic.... Pic of a life time to me

[CMD]

Their legs move so fast when they 're running, they look like they are on wheels. Really get a kick out of them, and watching them stuff nut after nut in their months and then leaving with half the stash while the squirrel eats one at a time.

[Hoss]

I enjoy photography of critters and flowers shot this pink lady slipper on the same trail back in 2011 Oxford CT.

[Hoss]

Those flowers need special nutrients to grow in the wild. It is a fungus I believe. I showed this picture to a gal I know and she just wanted to dig them all up and plant them in her yard! I told her they would never make it. She tried, they died! This swampy area had one of the biggest lady slipper groups I had ever seen growing in one place! There had to have been fifty growing over about a half an acre right along the swamps edge. Here is more info bout these little orchids. http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pla...m_acaule.shtml

[2ndoldman]

You take some very great looking photos Matt. Thank you for sharing my friend.

"She tried, they died! "
When will people learn to leave things alone and enjoy them in the wild?