Today has long been set aside as a nature day with granddaughter Veronica (11). With her mother (my daughter Kate) and her husband Adam, we started at the Bear Center 
Luckyphotographing bears and squirrels together. Meeting Ted was a highlight. While I talked to a couple Lily Fans, Veronica colored a picture for me.
DragonflyThen we went to the Wildlife Research Institute and photographed a dragonfly. But what Veronica wanted to see was a chipmunk. One of our fondest memories is from 4 years ago when a chipmunk sat on our hands to fill its cheeks time and again, so the hit of today was a chipmunk appearing at the WRI. I never touch the chipmunks. Veronica did. I couldn’t believe her way with animals. When she got inside, she wrote this report. In her words,
“Today on 5/28/16, Veronica Vincent and Dr. Lynn Rogers went looking for animals. Sitting very still, hidden in plane sight, was a furry brown animal about the size of 2 walnuts stacked on one another. It was the one and only chipmunk! He had 2 white stripes down the side of his back with chubby cheeks. He ran up and down the porch chairs. Waiting for a picture, Veronica and her grandpa (Lynn Rogers) put more seeds out onto the deck. Soon enough, the brown fuzzy chipmunk came scurrying up those porch steps looking for some nuts to hide in his burrow. It was time for action. Veronica put her hand out and put two fingers on the chipmunk’s back! And the chipmunk just kept on eating! Believe it or not, the cute fuzzy critter kept on coming back not afraid of the giant girl he had to face to get his food. This went on for hours. Until next time, Veronica Vincent”
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| Family day for Dr. Rogers | ||
It was a good day.
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center