Feeding Chipmunks (6/13/10)

Every day after work, Paul and Lily go out on the patio so that Paul can fill the birdfeeders and Lily can feed the chipmunks. Paul gives Lily a small bucket of birdseed that Lily dumps out on the patio and plays in. Our chipmunks have quickly gotten used to her and have no qualms about coming right up to her to stuff their cheeks with seed.

In this first video, you can see Lily playing in the birdseed that she put out for the chipmunks as one comes right up to her to eat. It isn’t very shy and comes up very close but does run away when she makes sudden movements. Lily seems somewhat oblivious as she practices picking up the small pieces and putting them in and out of the bucket. She then spots a bug and calls it a “bee” as all bugs are bees to her.

In the second video, she dumps out another bucket of seeds then focuses intensely on putting them back in. She only breaks her concentration to throw some seeds to a chipmunk that wanders up.