Naughty Critter

While we were on vacation a chipmunk moved his residence to our backyard and a little closer to his food supply. A couple months ago we saw a chipmunk in the front flower bed run down into a tunnel in the mulch. I assume this is the same guy who has just decided it makes more sense to live in the backyard where the bird feeders are. I'm sure it seemed much safer back there that week we were all gone!

The little guy has gotten used to Clara and doesn't even flinch any more when she barks through the window. The other day it sat on the patio in front of the window and proceded to groom itself while Clara went crazy inside the house. I think Clara is giving up, though. Today she watched it intently through the window but didn't bark at it. When she's outside, she'll stick her nose in the hole, but so far she hasn't tried to dig anything up. I think he's cute, although he's a bit of a pig.

I took all these pictures through the windows, so please excuse the graininess.