Most area residents would prefer not to have Eastern Chipmunks on their residential property.

“But in truth, chipmunks are valuable in the natural landscape,” Rossford resident Bill Heban said.

They are a significant food source for owls and other birds of prey, along with foxes, coyotes and raccoons, he noted.

Chipmunks have cheek pouches that they fill with seeds and nuts while they are foraging, h…