The Colorado Chipmunk is a brightly colored, boldly striped chipmunk of the southern Rocky Mountain plateau, replacing the yellow-pine chipmunk in the pinon-juniper and ponderosa pine zones of Colorado and adjacent states. Its black and white head stripes are particularly crisp and clear. Colorado chipmunks cache seeds intensively in autumn and depend on these stores during their winter period of reduced activity.
Best time to see a Colorado Chipmunk
The best time to see a Colorado Chipmunk is May–August, when about 60% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 515 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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