Woodchucks Under the Porch
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Woodchucks
Watching the woodchuck babies venturing out from under the porch inspired us to study these cute little rodents. So don't just hibernate, pop your head up and find out about woodchucks.
You will find dozens of ideas for learning centers, Word Walls, games, activities and literacy bags. Sharpen your claws and dig into learning...
Photo Credit: One of the baby woodchucks in our back yard at Royalton B&B
in Vermont
Woodchuck Table of Contents
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- Woodchucks Live Under Our Porch
- Groundhog! Woodchuck! -- What's the difference?
- The Adventures of Johnny Chuck by Thornton Burgess
- Woodchuck Math
- Woodchuck Paper Dolls
- Woodchuck Geography
- Woodchuck Tracks
- Woodchuck Paper Doll
- Woodchucks for Literacy Bags
- Woodchucks in the News!
- Congratulations Woodchucks!
- Friends of the Woodchucks
- Woodchuck Sightings!
Woodchucks Live Under Our Porch
Photo Credit: Woodchuck Family
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
We have a family of Woodchucks living under our porch. There is a big fat papa Woodchuck, a middle sized Mama Woodchuck and four wee little baby Woodchucks.
I believe there are Uncles, Aunts and cousins living under the barn, chicken coop and woodshed.
The babies are adorable and are not shy at all. I have gone right up to them and looked them right in the eye, observing their shiny noses and round furry bodies.
Woodchucks are also known as groundhogs and have quite the reputation for weather divination in February. It's a fun holiday to celebrate!
A Woodchuck by any other name would smell as sweet.
Groundhog! Woodchuck! -- What's the difference?
Photo Credit: Marmota monax
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
Woodchuck and groundhog are common terms for the same animal, the rodent with the scientific name of Marmota monax.
Other rodents include mice, otters and lemmings.
Native Americans called it the woodchuck and New England settlers called it a groundhog. Today, people of New England call it woodchuck while others call it a groundhog.
Photo Credit: Woodchucks can climb trees!
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
Woodchucks' closest relatives are squirrels. Did you know that woodchucks can actually climb trees or swim when necessary?
- Woodchucks
- Questions and answers from the Leon M. Lederman Science Education Center Fermilab Flora and Fauna Virtual Exhibit.
Woodchucks learn Tongue Twisters
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"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? He'd chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood."
But what is a woodchuck and what can we learn from it?
Write ""How much wood..." on a poster board and laminate it. Read and recite it often with your students until they know it by heart.
-1. Use highlighter tape (see Beginning to Read) to highlight words or letters that are repeated.
-2. Try changing words such as logs instead of wood. How does it change the rhythm of the tongue twister?
-3. Try changing animals. What about groundhog instead of woodchuck?
The Adventures of Johnny Chuck by Thornton Burgess
Photo Credit: Woodchucks
in the Public Domain.
I like to read a chapter book to the children after lunch recess . These books have very short chapters of one to two pages and I haven't found a child yet that doesn't love them. Allowing each of the children to pick a stuffed animal to snuggle with as they sit or lie on the rug helps them to stay quiet and focus on the story.
Thornton Burgess was a naturalist who wrote stories about all the Animals of the North American Woodlands.
Despite the fact that the animals are named and wear clothing, the animals are basically true to their animal ways. In the Adventures of Reddy Fox, for example, Reddy hunts and eats chickens from Farmer Brown's Chicken House.
Reddy has to watch out for Bowser the Hound.Chickens may be killed and eaten because no chickens are characters nor do any have names.
In The Adventures of Johnny Chuck
, spring has arrived and Johnny Chuck goes wandering, gets in a fight, and sets up housekeeping with Polly Chuck. Will there be baby woodchucks soon?
Second Graders and up should be able to read these books easily on their own and they are so inexpensive that I suggest that you get several copies for the children to read together.
Johnny Chuck Stuffed Animal
Photo Credit: tis the season for big fat groundhogs
from Enon Hall Online Journal.
This Stuffed Woodchuck Puppet
would be a great addition to your Reading Nook.Over the years I have collected quite a few stuffed woodchucks.We keep them in a tall round laundry basket that we call the Woodchuck Hole.
The children use them in many different activities described below.
Which Woodchuck Will Go?
A Beginning Reading Game
Find out which woodchuck will be the one to go all the way to the end of the tunnel and check for its shadow.(2 players)
-Use the tiles on the floor, two stuffed woodchucks and a deck of "Who Will Go?" cards.
-To make the cards write the following sentences on 2 or 3 cards each. Laminating the cards will make them last longer.
The Groundhog Day Book
of Facts and Fun
You will go.
We will go.
I will not go.
-Shuffle and divide the deck of cards evenly.
-Children take turns drawing a card, facing the other person and reading the card.
-Then the child moves his or her woodchuck according to the sentence.
The first woodchuck to get all the way across the floor is the one to see its shadow.
Groundhog Poems and Rhymes
Happy Groundhog Day Groundhog by Peerdrops
Available on Zazzle
Woodchucks All Around by Evelyn Saenz
Woodchucks in the garden,
Eating all our food.
Woodchucks in the flower beds.
Do you think that's good?
Woodchucks by the back porch.
Woodchucks in the ground.
Woodchucks by the barn door.
Woodchucks all around.
Woodchuck Math
Math Activities for Groundhog's Day!
Weigh a Woodchuck
Skip Counting Woodchuck Tracks by 9's
Woodchuck Tunnels, Burrows and Holes
How deep can a woodchuck dig when a woodchuck digs its hole?
Photo Credit: Woodchuck Hole
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
The Woodchuck's Tunnels can be up to 5 feet deep or about 3 Woodchuck Units deep.
To visualize how deep a woodchuck's tunnel really is try to find places that are actually 3 Woodchuck Units deep.
For Example:
1. Window ledge to the ground
2. Top to the bottom of the slide
3. Reading Loft to the floor
Woodchucks are Great at Digging
Photo Credit: Woodchuck at Blackberry Road (Smithsonian's Backyard)
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Miniature Fields
Children will discover about the structure of the dirt, how grass roots help to hold the soil together, and conservation of matter. (The dirt they dig out of the hole must go somewhere.)
1. Fill a Rice Table half full of dirt.
2. Add grass seed or birdseed and sprinkle with water.
3. Cover and allow the grass to grow and get thick.
4. Give the children miniature garden tools to try to dig tunnels like woodchucks.
You may need to limit the area or have several tubs of grass growing to provide enough untouched ground for all of the children.
Creating a Woodchuck Habitat
The Woodchuck Habitat Sensory Table
to make the ground under the snow and small Styrofoam balls sprinkled on top for snow. Next time we are thinking about using Insta-Snow. Children can make animal burrows in the clay deep enough that you can see the burrows from underneath. Place plastic hibernating woodchucks and other animals in their burrows and sprinkle on the snow.
From the sides you can see the layers of dirt and snow. From underneath you can see the burrows and hibernating animals.
Groundhog Day!
Groundhog Day! is about the traditions that led to the big celebration now held each year on February 2nd in Punxsutawney, PA.
Gail Gibbons includes information about the groundhog's diet, habitat, burrows, and newborns kits and looks.
She also explains how past cultures depended on hibernating animals to help them determine the arrival of spring.
"If a groundhog sees his shadow there will be six more weeks of winter," is explained in terms that are perfect for a child's level of understanding.
After reading this book to the children I like to make it available to take home in Take Home Literacy Bags.
The Woodchuck is a True Sleeping Beauty
Woodchuck Hibernation
What's happening down in the burrow?
Hibernation
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Groundhogs go into a deep sleep called hibernation. Their bodies slow down and their body temperature drops to just a few degrees above freezing.
Because their sleeping den, called the hibernaculum, is below frost line in the deepest portion of the burrow their body temperature goes down to as low as 39-40 degrees F. This is about the same temperature as the inside of a refrigerator.
Woodchucks are one of the few mammals that enter into true hibernation.Woodchucks begin their hibernation in mid-November, and wake up in late February.
During the beginning months of school when the woodchucks are actively preparing for winter we read B>, Every Autumn Comes the Bear and Blueberries for Sal. We read the couple of chapters of The Hobbit to get a feel for how the woodchuck may feel in his burrow.
In October we read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and in mid-November we read the story of Sleeping Beauty
What do Woodchucks dream about?
Writing about Woodchuck Dreams
Photo Credit: Woodchuck Dreams
Used by Permission
You might post an illustration such as this one by Anna Myers to start brainstorming ideas for writing stories about woodchucks.
Ms. Myers wrote and tells us that:
The woodchuck was a lot of fun to draw, it went to illustrate a story about a woodchuck who lived in the author's backyard. This particular woodchuck is dreaming about Bok-Choy.
- Anna Myers - Woodchuck Illustration
- Woodchuck Illustration by Anna Myers
Woodchuck Paper Dolls
Groundhog Paper Dolls
GROUNDHOG DAY!
Groundhog days paper dolls. Dress the woodchuck up more...0 points
Punxsutawney Phil
by Julia Moultran
Punxsutawney Phil is a good book to read before studying for a test. Just as the woodchucks are preparing for winter, your children can prepare for the test.
What's the wake-up call?
Wake Up, Groundhog!
In February, reread the books that you read in November. Make a list of all the things that the Woodchuck missed in your class while he/she was sleeping. Notice how much more the children can read than back in the fall.
Write weekly sentences on the woodchuck calendar about what the Woodchuck is doing now that he or she is awake. ie: "The woodchuck wakes up." "The woodchuck nibbles on the tulips." Etc.
Woodchuck Habitat
Woodchucks prefer to live in open farmland and surrounding wooded areas.Reading books by Thornton Burgess such as The Adventures of Johnny Chuck or Old Mother Westwind will help children get a feel for the Woodchuck's habitat and neighbors.
Every day after lunch recess we have story hour where the children pick out a stuffed animal to snuggle with, curl up on the rug and listen to a chapter book.
Online Habitat Games
- Drag and Drop Habitat Games
- Put the animals back into their habitats.
What does a woodchuck eat?
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Make a bulletin board with a meadow scene. Check out Bluebirds: Classroom Meadow Theme for ideas.
You might add a title such as Woodchucks are Vegetarians or I'm a Salad Lover
Make a groundhog peaking out of its hole looking for something to eat.
As you read about woodchucks you can add vegetation to the bulletin board so that your woodchuck has plenty to eat.
In the Art Center children can draw and cut out pictures of woodchuck food and then attach them to the bulletin board.
You might provide seed catalogues for ideas.
By adding labels to the Woodchuck Habitat scene you turn it into a Word Wall. See Beginning to Read for more Word Wall ideas.
Woodchucks gnaw on Ornamental shrubs and fruit trees. They eat garden vegetables and other vegetation and are considered a pest by most farmers and gardeners.
What's for dinner?
Photo Credit: Woodchuck Eating Grass on Flickr, Creative Commons.
Photo Credit: Dandelion on Flickr, Creative Commons.
Photo Credit: Clover on Flickr, Creative Commons.
Groundhogs gorge themselves on green plants, such as dandelion greens, clover, and grasses.
They also find nearby garden vegetables absolutely delicious.
Woodchucks binge and purposefully put on weight in the summer, reaching their maximum mass in late August.
They become lethargic or tired and prepare for hibernation in October.
By February, hibernating woodchucks have lost as much as half their body weight.
Gopher It!
In Gopher It!
a scattered pile of Food Cards are put into a pile in the center of the table to form the Garden.On their turn, players pick any card out of the Garden and pick as long as they wish, up to 4 cards, unless they pick the same type of Food Card twice in a row.
This game encourages basic addition skills, introduces simple strategy, social interaction play, and endless combinations of replay ability.
I used a fine-tipped permanent marker to write the words for the vegetables on the cards.
Woodchuck Teeth
Woodchucks, being rodents, have front teeth that continuously grow throughout their lives.As the teeth grow, they are naturally worn down when the animal gnaws on wood and other objects.
If you have a rabbit, hamster or mice in the classroom you may observe them chewing on wood.
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Maybe you could go on a field trip to a beaver pond to see where beavers have gnawed on trees to cut them down.
Carpentry Center:
To understand how Woodchuck teeth get worn down:
1. Put out some Woodchuck Teeth (Small pieces of balsa wood)
2. Trees or Logs (Sandpaper tubes that slip over wooden dowels for bird perches.)
3. Children use the teeth to gnaw at the logs.
4. Children could also file their own fingernails.
To learn more about rodent teeth you might like to read about Snaggletooth Stormy , a woodchuck from the Brookfield Zoo that has had to have braces.
Science Table:
Have several skulls with teeth for the students to examine.
The children can observe the differences between rodent teeth and the teeth of other mammals.
Various types of teeth can also be seen and compared by looking at animal x-rays. (See below)
Rodent Teeth Theater
Woodchuck Geography
Where in the world would you find a Woodchuck?
Woodchucks are found throughout virtually the entire eastern United States and much of Canada.
In the puzzle center put puzzle maps of the United States, Canada and North America as well as a stack of blank maps of North America with each of the states and provinces are provided.
After coloring the Woodchuck range, which is outlined for them, the children put a Fingerprint Woodchuck on each state or province where Woodchucks live.
NOTE: We learned how to make Fingerprint Woodchucks after reading Ed Emberley's Thumbprint book. We used them to mark the states and provinces where woodchucks can be found.
Woodchuck Tracks
Identifying Animal Tracks from Woodchucks
Animal Tracks
Woodchucks have 4 toes in front and 5 toes in back.0 points
PE Class for Little Woodchucks
Dig Some Holes and Run Around
Photo Credit: Playground Tires
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
The primary Woodchuck burrow entrance is usually marked by a large mound of earth, although secondary entrances - dug from underground - may be virtually unnoticeable.
These woodchuck entrances pose a real tripping injury threat to horses, riders and walkers alike.
1. Make a primary Woodchuck burrow entrance in the sandbox by digging a big hole with a huge pile of sand around it.
2. Lay a series of old tires down on the playground and try to run through them to see how difficult it can be for horses, riders and walkers.
Needle Felted Woodchuck
Needle felted woodchucks can be used as math manipulatives or in any number of creative and dramatic ways to extend the Woodchuck Theme.
Woodchuck Paper Doll
Groundhog Paper Doll
Woodchuck Coloring Pages
- Woodchuck Coloring Page
- Color the woodchuck.
- Woodchuck Bookmarks
- Use these Woodchuck Bookmarks for graphing, recording books read or color and laminate for math activities.
Woodchuck Worksheets
Enchanted Learning has lots of worksheets that can be turned into learning centers.
- Groundhog Day Crafts, Worksheets and Printable Books - EnchantedLearning.com
- Groundhog Day Activities and Crafts: Groundhog Day is celebrated in the USA on February 2nd. Crafts for kids. Kindergarten, preschool, and elementary school crafts. Make wonderful, simple crafts about groundhogs using things found around the house.
Gregory's Shadow
Gregory's Shadow was posthumously published by Don Freeman, the creator of Corduroy.
Gregory Groundhog always feels braver when his best pal, his shadow, accompanies him.
On the day before Groundhog Day, Gregory suggests that he and Shadow go find something to eat. "Sure... I'm right behind you," quips his amorphous companion, whom Gregory inadvertently leaves outdoors when he returns to his burrow.
I like to read this book with Moonbear's Shadow
by Frank Asch. We make a ven graph to compare the two books.NOTE: A portion of the author royalties from this title will go to the Don and Lydia Freeman Research Fund to support psychological research concerning children afflicted with cancer.
Groundhog's Day Divination
Every year on February 2 the groundhogs come out of their holes and check their shadows. What does it mean?
Funny Chillin' Out Groundhog by doonidesigns
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If a Groundhog sees his shadow, what does it mean?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byThere will be six more weeks of winter.
RobinDM says:
soooooo, trying to trick me, you wascally wabbit!!! Great one! ;-)
Posted January 23, 2012
RenaissanceWoman2010 says:
I get to enjoy winter for a few more weeks. Break out the hot cocoa.
Posted January 10, 2012
AnthonyAltorenna says:
In the Northeast, if the groundhog sees his shadow then we expect another six weeks of winter. If he doesn't see his shadow, it means we can expect another six weeks of snowy cold weather!
Posted September 16, 2011
AngelDey says:
You just made me do math! Both the answers are the same. In Northern Nevada, there will still be many more months of cold after Feb 2, but seeing shadows doesn't keep the marmots (gophers, woodchucks, etc.) from coming out!
Posted July 21, 2011
UCAN2 says:
Yes! 6 more weeks of winter! One a half more months (six of one - have dozen of the other!) And what a winter it has been..... But today it is sunny and not as cold. Just give me the sun!
Posted February 02, 2009
KCStargazer says:
Six of one, one and a half of the other, but the saying goes "six weeks". Sunny weather means it is still in a winter weather pattern, so they go back in "frightened" by the shadow (more like the prospect of 6 more weeks of cold) and hibernate. Cloudy weather would indicate being in a Spring weather pattern and warmer weather coming sooner.
Posted February 02, 2008
There will only be one and a half more months of winter.
Pastiche says:
My grandson was born on groundhog day - he's 2 this year on 2/2! It's a sunny day for us no matter what the woodchuck does.
Posted January 30, 2009
Pastiche says:
If he sees his shadow, he won't be eating at my garden for another 6 weeks.
Posted August 18, 2008
EelKat says:
I always wondered how we know he's looking at his shadow and not just contemplating on increasing his inner Zen by meditation of the snow covered blades of grass, in hopes of reaching enlightenment? I mean, why should he care wither he sees his shadow or not?
Posted March 21, 2008
What's so special about Feb. 2?
Phases of the Moon, c.1850
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February 2 or Groundhog Day lies about halfway between the winter solstice in December and the vernal equinox in March.
That makes it a "cross-quarter" day.
In some cultures it is celebrated as the mid point of winter. (Remember Shakespeare's Mid-Summer Night's Dream?)
About that time, near the second week of February, that many groundhogs end their hibernation anyway.
Groundhog's Day in Vermont
Vermonters, affectionately known as Woodchucks, have a dry sense of humor, especially when it comes to their notoriously long winters.
Go Out and Chuck Some Wood!
Woodchucks Get Some Exercize:
Photo Credit: Woodchuck Chucking Wood on Flickr, Creative Commons.
Photo Credit: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck... on Flickr, Creative Commons.
Woodchucks Get Some Exercise:
Go out to the playground with a stack of logs and try chucking wood.
NOTE: Take turns and watch out for splinters!
Woodchuck Literacy Bag
Groundhog Day Literacy Bag
Photo Credit: Woodchuck Physics - Black Tote Bag
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TAKE HOME LITERACY BAGS are a fun way to help children share what they are learning with their families.
Children take these literacy bags home, read the stories and do the activities with their families and then write about their experiences in the journal.
When they return the bag to school they get to share their experience with the class.
This makes homework fun for the whole family.
Each Literacy Bag includes a stuffed animal, a fiction book, a non-fiction book, a few suggested activities, and a journal to record your experiences and suggest other activities.
It also includes a list of materials and directions to any games, a journal to record their activities and a letter to the parents.
See Take Home Literacy Bags to find more literacy bag ideas.
Woodchucks for Literacy Bags
Soft, Cuddly, Stuffed Groundhogs
Fly up to Vermont to see if the Groundhog saw his Shadow
Come see baby Woodchucks...
PS: Summer is also a wonderful time for seeing woodchucks. We love to watch the baby woodchucks when they first come out of their hole. The mother woodchuck watches over them carefully, teaching the baby woodchucks which blades of grass and weeds are more delicious to nibble. You can come up and stay at Royalton Bed and Breakfast to see the baby woodchucks.
Woodchucks in the News!
Stone Stoup Homeschooling Online Unit Study Directory
Thank you to the Four Wheelers for having included the Animal Tracks in their directory. This directory has now been passed on to Stone Soup Homeschooling.
Outdoors Journal: Woodchucks
The woodchuck is the largest member of the squirrel family, and it weighs 10 pounds or more as an adult and measures 11/2 feet long. It feeds on green vegetation and other plant materials, consuming as much as a pound of food a day. Insects, mice and birds are eaten occasionally.2 points
The Woodchucks are in the Directory
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Congratulations Woodchucks!
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Friends of the Woodchucks
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River Otters: Playful Friends of the Woodlands!
Learn about River Otters through games and hands-on learning centers. Decorate you classroom with a Woodlands Riverbank Theme.Learn the habits of River Otters, the food they eat and how they raise their young. You will find suggestions for both fiction and non-fiction books about river otters and di...4 points
Purple Gallinules of the Everglades
Gallinules are spectacular creatures. The can be found walking on water lilies in the canals throughout the Everglades.Become Purple Gallinules as you learn color words, explore bird anatomy, walk on lilypads and write with feather plumes.Put on your yellow tights, flap your purple wings and tiptoe...4 points
Creatures of the Woodlands
It is Springtime! The little Woodland Creatures are building nests and preparing to bring new life to the forest.The Thornton Burgess Books, such as Old Mother Westwind, are just full of charming woodland creatures that bring the forest to life. Read them aloud to your children and then begin creati...4 points
About Groundhog Day
Here you will find the history of Groundhog Day and the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, facts about Groundhogs, pictures of Groundhogs, and even a gourmet recipe for Groundhog. You will also find Groundhog Day cards, ties, groundhog t-shirts, cuddly groundhog toys and other Groundhog Day gifts to help you celebrate February 2nd in style!3 points
Gerbils
Owning gerbils is fun, if you like fun, cute, and furry. Gerbils have little odor, are easy to take care of, and require little space.Our local pet store only sells male gerbils, to avoid accidental breeding. Both of our gerbils are boys. It's been reported that male gerbils get along better tha...2 points
Lemmings: Falling into the Sea of Knowledge
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Woodchuck Sightings!
Do you check for the groundhog's shadow on February 2?
This Woodchuck checked and found a Purple Star!
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Do your woodchucks chuck wood? Tell me all your woodchuck friends.
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- Happy Groundhog Day. Blessings coming your way.
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- This is simply excellent! I can really use this with Darling! Thank you so much. I just love Thorton Burgess. I'm going to have to check to see if we have this particular one. I collect all I can find!
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- Wish I had a woodchuck living under my porch. It would be much better than some of the critters that have decided to camp out under my house. Thanks for all of the really creative ways to use wood chuck resources for teaching and learning. Appreciated!
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- This is an excellent and informative lens on woodchucks. Very well done!
In my experience, woodchucks are cute & cuddly --- until they start eating all of the plants in my gardens!
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- Wow, you have peaked my interest with your pages, I am reading them one by one, This is so interesting.!!
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- We don't have woodchucks in the UK so I've never known anything about them until now. What a great page on the subject - blessed.
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- Oops. I called them gophers in the debate module above, but I just looked it up and they are not related. Two different critters. Learn something new every day.
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- Very informative lens. Blessed by a Squid Angel.
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- We look forward to the spring when they show up. We once had a mama w/ 4 babies living below the house!
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- So cute~~Your description for Woodchucks family is so sweet and adorable.
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- Have never seen one until now! Thank you for educating me. The closest we have in Sweden to this little guy is the beaver.
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Gardening Despite the Woodchucks
Gardens to Delight the Woodchucks
Over in the Meadow where the woodchucks live...
Woodchuck Neighbor Unit Studies
