Squirrels Gain an Ally

It's been a couple of weeks since I posted here, with a week in (mostly) sunny Rhode Island in the interim. While my diligently watchful eye was diverted, the squirrels seem to have recruited an ally to pilfer sunflower seeds from the bird feeder.

I wandered into the kitchen moments ago and took a look (as I now compulsively do) out to the feeder, only to see a new critter sitting on the ledge, chomping away. A chipmunk! Small enough that it almost looks like a bird at first glance, but big enough to pig out as an unwelcomed guest.

So now it's me against three - two squirrels and a chipmunk. They are burning through my bag of sunflower seeds. I need to get a job very soon in order to afford more. Or, at the very least, to keep me from checking out the bird feeder ten times a day!