Eastern Chipmunk, Tamias striatus
Not romantics, chipmunks are solitary creatures except for during mating. This species is single-minded in its food gathering, making trips from tree to storage burrow almost continuously. It was estimated that over three days one chipmunk stored a bushel of chestnuts, hickory nuts, and corn kernels. Eastern Chipmunks of both sexes vocalize prominently when seeking the opposite sex, using one of two chattering calls: a trilling chip-chip-chip repeated very rapidly (about 130 trills per minute) and a lower-pitched, slower chuck ... chuck ... chuck.
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