Three action shots of a melanistic Chipmunk. The images were shot by my 10 year old Grandson Adam last October. He used my first point-and-shoot Olympus, 3.2 Megapixel camera. I only recently noticed that I had never uploaded these images. A week ago the melanistic Chipmunk again surfaced. Though a bit thinner, it seems to have survived the winter well.

Top image: A normal Chipmunk dashes away seemingly afraid of the black Chipmunk.


An other intruder being chased away.


The tables are turned. A black Squirrel arrives on the scene and confronts the black Chipmunk, then chases it away from the peanuts.