This animal; however, was a welcome visitor at the backwoods bird feeding station this past week, when he provided a wonderful photographic opportunity as he was illuminated by the rays of the late evening sun.
Eastern Woodchuck: a.k.a GroundhogThere is a controversy as to whether woodchucks can climb trees, but I have seen them do it often during my years afield. They sometimes do it to survey the countryside for danger. as this chuck is doing, but it was there in the first place because of the feeding station, which is concealed in the snag.
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Cute little pests! Wonderful photo.
ReplyDeletelove your blog!! Inspirating for us amateurs..
ReplyDeleteThey are always cute when they are NOT in my yard. Great photos and you are correct in saying they have voracious appetites. We have had to fence off most of our plants to keep these little critters from eating every plant and flower we have.
ReplyDeleteI've never met a kind of this little cute friend in person!He is adorable and your pictures are so beautiful.
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They are the banes of equestrians too. Those burrow entries are LARGE. When we lived in PA you had to have a set path to go through if you went any faster than a walk on horseback. One time my Jack Russell Terrier fell head first into a burrow as she was running. lol
ReplyDeleteExcellent shots! I usually see them scurrying along. They aren't usually posing for me. :)
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Cute little face! I like the tones of brown between the little woodchuck and the tree trunk! Nice photos!
ReplyDeleteis my friend is my very first sighting of them... I have heard of them before.. but never seen one. Yes they could be concidered cute.. like the 'greys' in the post below.. but they look as if they are 'built for purpose'... thanks Willard for showing me my 1st Chuck..
ReplyDeleteI don't believe I have ever seen one of those before. Cute fellow. Helen
ReplyDeleteHe is so cute!! Great photos. He reminds me of our groundhogs. I love them. They eat a lot of our sunflower seeds, but that's OK, everyone needs to eat.
ReplyDeletethey are cute arn't they? we have Rock chucks here
ReplyDeleteYou always have the best wildlife photos I have seen anywhere. Thanks for sharing our State's infamous critter with the world. :) My entry for today is a bit smaller.
ReplyDeleteI've also see them climb on numerous occasions...Wonderful photos Willard!
ReplyDeleteFantastic shots of this woodchuck I must admit I have never heard of this animal before thanks for sharing BTW I am really like your new camera very cool hope you take lots of great shots with it :))
ReplyDeleteSuperb portrait of this cute little bugger. Looks like you posed him!
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As usual, you have an interesting post here, and wonderful photos to go with the info.
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