We have at least two chipmunks who live in the ground near the bird feeders. They are quite willing to climb the poles and hang on the feeders to fill their mouths with seed. They will run off if I tap on the window, but I have stopped doing that; I've decided to let them feed too.
The grandkids were here Thursday and Friday. I looked up at one point to see Addy with a salt shaker near the bird feeders and Dillon beside her. I got up and went outside to see what in the world she was doing with a salt shaker. Here, their grandpa had told them that if they sprinkled salt on the chipmunk's tail, they could catch it! And they believed him, not understanding that if they got that close, they could probably catch it anyway. However, they would
not get that close!