tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post9041247206278234739..comments2024-03-13T19:28:05.813-04:00Comments on Ohio Birds and Biodiversity: Deciphering the language of chipmunksJim McCormachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-7823430236490248892020-05-24T14:34:42.971-04:002020-05-24T14:34:42.971-04:00I agree that the clucking can't always be an a...I agree that the clucking can't always be an aerial predator. We are in a forest in Quebec, surrounded by chipmunks, and in the mornings we have a cacophony of clucks that goes on for a good 15 minutes or so. Definitely more than one of them clucking at once. Perhaps a territorial thing? <br />BTW, can there be enough chipmunks to cause sinking in a lawn? That seems to have appeared along with an increase in chippies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-86792286745935551462017-11-29T12:32:45.435-05:002017-11-29T12:32:45.435-05:00I have pet chipmunks that we rescued. I have sear...I have pet chipmunks that we rescued. I have searched all over the internet looking to see what this sound is & it is not always an aerial attacker. As I sit here, he is in his cage, always perched on a higher level clucking. There are no hawks that I can see. He is sitting there, not eating, not looking outside. Sometimes I wonder if it is a call because he is bored.... Or just ranting. It's always when he is sitting up there & the other one isn't next to him....<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15064142426409408604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-24851856713223670272016-09-11T10:44:58.756-04:002016-09-11T10:44:58.756-04:00Living in upstate ny, im glad i found this page. W...Living in upstate ny, im glad i found this page. We have a pesky cat always bothering the birds, squirrels, and chippies (all of which i love). The cat was just stalking but "appeared" to leave. One brave chippie stayed, chirped extremely loud for a good ten mins, and now it and even most of the birds and all squirrels and chippies are nowhere to be seen. Survival... And i hope it worked!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-60872710097001874812016-07-20T08:04:53.151-04:002016-07-20T08:04:53.151-04:00I found your site when searching why chipmunks mak...I found your site when searching why chipmunks make that clucking sound. It's hard to buy the idea of my chipmunk is a<br />sounding an alarm about an aerial threat, and here's why. He does this often. He sits on the top of our woodpile, about the same spot every time and clucks for a good 15 minutes. He's not on the wood, per se, he's on the frame of the structure my husband built to hold the wood. This is about 15 feet outside my door, so I can see the whole thing, even his little body undulating with each cluck. If he's warning of an aerial threat, he is making himself a great target. From that perch, a hawk could just swoop down and get him right from where he sits. <br /><br />He looks more like he's announcing that he's king of the hill. We have a bird feeder on a nearby tree and I spend a lot of time keeping this chipmunk out of the feeder. Maybe he's telling the birds to go away he's hungry?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528031221787947496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-88919662513545285612016-07-10T14:21:13.400-04:002016-07-10T14:21:13.400-04:00cool, now I also will look around for the hawk or ...cool, now I also will look around for the hawk or owl! I have chipmunks like crazy now that I do not have a terrier anymore. One of them is so tame now, I can PET HER or him... so cute. They come for the sunflower seeds I put out for the birds. I don't mind them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-63758266140807298862016-06-11T12:26:27.521-04:002016-06-11T12:26:27.521-04:00I have a chipmunk that has taken me awhile to do t...I have a chipmunk that has taken me awhile to do this, but he or she will come over to where have been feeding it peanuts, and I can squat there as it fills its cheeks with the peanuts and listens to me talk to it. It is actually pretty cool. I do not try and touch he or she, the little bugger is spoiled though. LolChristy Giamichaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-26537113244619559382015-06-29T21:47:55.065-04:002015-06-29T21:47:55.065-04:00Thank You for the clucking info. We have 5 or 6 we...Thank You for the clucking info. We have 5 or 6 we feed. Today we noticed they were in large crevices of our maples, all taking a turn clucking. We do have eagles and hawks come in. Lower N.Y.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-18327604038588564762011-03-06T15:23:34.175-05:002011-03-06T15:23:34.175-05:00Oh THANK YOU for passing along this tidbit of know...Oh THANK YOU for passing along this tidbit of knowledge. Our chipmunks drive me nuts sometimes with their incessant "clucking". But now I'll use it as an alert to grab the binocs and scan the sky for hawks. Awesome!!<br /><br />By the way, we've just started seeing our chippies come out of torpor this week here in SE Michigan. Spring IS coming!Kim in Michiganhttp://www.thesmellofcrayons.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-36996684747541056122011-03-04T21:57:59.905-05:002011-03-04T21:57:59.905-05:00Bet all of that expensive bird food of yours is pl...Bet all of that expensive bird food of yours is plumping their fat little cheeks, too.Jim McCormachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-2364512714344774812011-03-04T21:57:13.397-05:002011-03-04T21:57:13.397-05:00Ah. It appears we have someone in our midst who ha...Ah. It appears we have someone in our midst who has been routinely bested by these clever beasts. His two-word comments speaks volumes: anger, frustration, fear, bitter defeat, intellectual flummoxing, embarrassment and terror.<br /><br />What, growing a garden for the chippies, are you, Dave? Sounds as if they've sorely outwitted you.Jim McCormachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-1946098134072796422011-03-04T21:49:48.324-05:002011-03-04T21:49:48.324-05:00Chipmunks. Hmph.Chipmunks. Hmph.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850241304894291160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-27576936434951502932011-03-04T05:00:05.938-05:002011-03-04T05:00:05.938-05:00ONe of my favorite little creatures. Oddly enough ...ONe of my favorite little creatures. Oddly enough I don't see them often. I find them facinating.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.com