Eastern Chipmunk

Eastern Chipmunk smiling

Northern New Jersey, USA

 

Eastern Chipmunk

aka Blackburnian Warbler wannabe

 

I hope you needed that smile today! 😊

This is one of those images that fully bring memories of that particular day. I returned to this location in the Northern NJ where few days before, I found and successfully photographed Blackburnian Warblers. What a day it was! With hopes of improving my shots from that day, I returned and stood for hours at this spot, with this composition in mind, certain that in any second one of the resident Blackburnian Warblers will drop down for a photo or two. Long story short, my dream shot never materialized but this cute little fella stopped by and gave me that precious smile😍 So yes, I drove 1.5 hour (one way) only to photograph a very common, in my area, rodent that day🙈 But to be honest, that scene made it all worth it! As it turned out, it is most likely one of my favorite photographs of a chipmunk thus far, as I rarely point my camera in their direction anymore. Funny thing is, I can even remember the smell of the forest that day. Aaah, the magic of photography!

 

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