We were surprised to find chipmunks in just a few of our back-yard cameras in the Raleigh area. Given that chipmunks are so common in other urban areas, why are they so spotty in their distribution here? We are at the edge of their range, so perhaps the same factors that affect their distribution within the Triangle area also keep them out of the Coastal Plain.
Lets find out – tell us where you have seen chipmunks using this form and we’ll see if we can spot a pattern.
[note, these addresses (without other personal information) are stored in our personal database and will not made public in raw-format (just as a map). Fine-scale differences might be important, so providing a street address makes your contribution more valuable (but is not required)]
Dude, people shouldn’t be putting their home addresses into public sites. There should be a better way to identify wider locations.
Roger, these data are not public, they are sent to a protected spreadsheet that only we have access too. Also, we are not asking for your personal information, just an address where chipmunks are found. In this case, fine-scale variation could be important, so a street number does make the information more valuable (although not required). Thanks for your concern.
We see them all over north hills
I have Chipmunks here in the foothills year round. Catawba County.