GROUNDHOGS: At the Den June 11, 2008 This video features a woodchuck looking out of its den on a path in DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst, when Junior butts in. As with my other videos, this one is best played with the sound "on." For more information on this abundant Meadowlands mammal, click here. Note: I realize that it is a bad idea to take hang out in front of birds' nests or mammals' dens in an effort to get a family portrait. The animals feel threatened and cannot escape. For this video, I used a trick I learned minutes earlier from a professional cameraman: You put the video-cam on a tripod not too far from entrance, hit "record," and walk away. Later on, you come back, retrieve the camera and see what you caught on video. :-)