compatriots

It sounds like the Callooh Zoo! (Do you charge admission? - I mean to people.) You must truly like animals. Where does the chipmunk actually reside when it's not eating?

It's a bit wordy, more like prose than poetry really, but it paints the scene very effectively. Reading it makes the depiction feel very homey, and very much like the autumn. I liked the "dining on sunshine" line the best.

Alcuin