Chipmunks are common residents in Georgia yards.  While they can be regularly seen during the warmer months of the year, at no time are they more often seen than from late summer throughout autumn.  This is the time when chipmunks are busy gathering and storing food for winter. 

          As you might expect, this is a time when they are more likely to cross paths with predators. When one chipmunk sees a hawk, fox or other predator they warn the other chipmunks in the area that danger is close by. Remarkably, they warn their cohorts when a predator is near using two distinct calls.  One is uttered when an aerial predator is close by.  A totally different call is vocalized when the threat comes from a ground predator.

          Now that is pretty neat!