7:30 am • The Eastern Chipmunk knows she has a busy day ahead of her so she plans accordingly to get an early start. She zips through the underbrush, crinkling and clacking all the dry leaves and twigs together, making a huge racket (forest critters or outside observers might mistake her noisy movements for a thousand deer hooves passing through). When she finds a place to rest a moment she can be spotted with full cheeks, reposing on a fallen log. There may be food or nest materials stored in those cheeks, her mission at this moment is a mystery. But either way, how nice to catch sight of this busy little lady who is finally paused, even if for only a brief second, to give us a moment to look and wonder.
Featured flora and fauna • Daisies, Jack O’ Lantern Mushroom, Forget-Me-Nots, Wild Mint Eastern Chipmunk, The Bad-Wing Moth, Common Plantain, Dandelion
