Dawn,

Yellow-pine Chipmunks are native to the east side of the Cascades and the alpine/subalpine zone of our mountains. They shouldn't be anywhere near Eatonville naturally. Perhaps released captives?

Dennis


On Jul 28, 2011, at 12:00 PM, tweeters-request at mailman1.u.washington.edu wrote:

> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:36:47 -0700
> From: "Dawn Bailey" <dawnsdog at rainierconnect.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] OT mammal question
> To: "'Tweeters \(E-mail\)'" <TWEETERS at u.washington.edu>
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> Thank you everyone for emailing me about these mini chipmunks. Kevin Mack and Ian has the answer with Yellow-pine Chipmunks. I forgot to add they have been here for at least a month and are not growing like young Townsends would. I will get a photo as soon as I can, they are very shy.
> We do have a new batch of Douglas Squirrels, rowdy youngsters :)
> Thank you again!
> Dawn Bailey
> Eatonville, WA

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