Chipmunk hunt
09/19/09 09:30
OK, so yesterday I made a quick three mile or so hike up the Iceberg Lake Trail to this nondescript gully in search of a melanistic (wholly black) chipmunk. Apparently it's been seen by more than a few folks. It was hot and dry and I saw three chipmunks, two golden eagles and a fat old golden mantled ground squirrel in the two and a half hours I sat in that gully.
But none of the chipmunks were black.
None.
Two and a half hours in a gully I sat.
Two and a half.
I’ve lost my mind.
PS — The Little Bear we spoke of a few posts down has made it to the Bronx Zoo via Fed Ex. We are not making this up.