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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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