{"id":5070,"date":"2015-03-23T11:12:02","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T15:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=5070"},"modified":"2016-03-28T13:18:13","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T17:18:13","slug":"take-5-chipper-chipmunks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-chipper-chipmunks\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Chipper Chipmunks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Right about now,\u00a0eastern chipmunks<\/a> begin to\u00a0emerge from their burrows. Chipmunks spend the winter a torpid state, in which their body temperature and heartbeat decrease, but they wake every few days to feed on stockpiled food.\u00a0These industrious creatures provide endless opportunities for photographers, as these five images from past Photo Contests<\/a> prove.<\/p>\n

\"2013

2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Justin Miel<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013

2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Sarah Keates<\/p><\/div>\n

\"A<\/a>

A rare melanistic chipmunk, 2011 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Katharine Wall<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2014

2014 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Cynthia West<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2014

2014 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Kim Nagy<\/p><\/div>\n

Learn more about chipmunks<\/a> on our website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Right about now,\u00a0eastern chipmunks begin to\u00a0emerge from their burrows. Chipmunks spend the winter a torpid state, in which their body temperature and heartbeat decrease, but they wake every few days to feed on stockpiled food.\u00a0These industrious creatures provide endless opportunities for photographers, as these five images from past Photo Contests prove. Learn more about chipmunks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-1jM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3328,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/seeing-chipmunks\/","url_meta":{"origin":5070,"position":0},"title":"Seeing Chipmunks?","author":"Stu","date":"March 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"While it's only a matter of weeks before we will be seeing chipmunks scurrying about, it's not unheard of to see one before spring sets in.\u00a0Unlike woodchucks and bears, chipmunks are not true hibernators. 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