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| What are the four species of squirrels? |
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| What helps squirrels balance when jumping? |
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| What colors do squirrels see? |
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| shades of black and white |
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| What do the squirrel's eyes detect well? |
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| When are the gray, fox and red squirrels most active? |
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| early morning and late afternoons |
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| When is the flying squirrel most active? |
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| night; they are nocturnal |
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| blind; hairless; depend on mother for up to two months |
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| acorns, hickory nuts, walnuts, beechnuts |
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| 1 to 1 and a half pounds and 18 to 20 inches in length |
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| How much of the length of the gray squirrel is its tail? |
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| What colors are most gray squirrels? |
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| silvery-gray above and off-white below, often with rusty or brown markings on sides or tail |
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| Describe albinism and melanism in gray squirrels. |
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Albinism is rare
Melanism (black coloration) is fairly common: once found through most of PA, black squirrels are most in northcentral counties |
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| What colors are black squirrels? |
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| any shade form dark gray to jet black, most with a brownish tinge |
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| What do gray squirrels eat? |
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| mast (acorns, hickory nuts, walnuts and beechnuts) |
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| Besides mast, what do gray squirrels eat? |
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| berries, mushrooms, pine seeds, corn; and dogwood, wild cherry and black gum fruits |
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| How do squirrels help ensure continuous forest growth? |
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| unrecovered nuts sprout into trees |
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What do gray squirrels eat in:
~early spring?
~April?
~later? |
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early spring: buds, a high energy food
April: buds and flowers of red and sugar maples
later: winged fruits of red maple |
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| Where do gray squirrels get water? |
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| ground water sources as well as seeds and buds |
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| What kills young squirrels? |
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| hawks, owls, tree-climbing snakes |
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| Gray squirrels are _____ than fox squirrels. |
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| Gray squirrels are less ----- than red squirrels. |
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| What do gray squirrels do to warn others? |
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| bark and assorted "chucks" |
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| What affects squirrel populations? |
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| What is maximum life span for a wild squirrel? |
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| could be ten years or longer, but most live only two to three years |
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| leaf nests in trees near good food supplies built in summer and fall; leaf nests are cooler than tree dens; 12 - 16 inches and are made of twigs, leaves, grass, bark |
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| Describe squirrel tree dens |
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| Tree dens are often in cavities where limbs have broken off or deserted woodpecker holes; usually 40-60 feet off the ground; squirrels gnaw off the outer tree bark that would, in time, seal off the den holes |
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