Hi Wayne,
My wife sent your photo off to the Massachusetts Audubon Society for their
amusement and here's their reply:
Thanks for the photo, and your inquiry. The squirrel in the photo is a red
squirrel, not a gray squirrel and they are far more carnivorous than the
gray. Their diet is mainly made up of seeds, nuts and berries. They will
occasionally eat birds and bird eggs and have been known to eat young gray
squirrels and cottontail rabbits.
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I thought that squirrel looked a bit like a red squirrel. They're nasty
little devils. 8-) Great shot btw.
Richard
On 5/23/06, Wayne Culberson <waynecul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> This cute little fellow was sitting on the post of my front step this
> morning, chowing down on what he had found at the bird feeder. I thought
> they only ate nuts and seeds, so I learned something today.
> http://pastway.smugmug.com/gallery/1485763
>
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