Page 81 - BBC Wildlife Volume 36 #02
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                                                                                                                   LEFT In winter red
                                                                                                                   squirrels hunt for
                                                                                                                   food buried in the
                                                                                                                   snow. Their varied diet
                                                                                                                   consists of spruce and
                                                                                                                   pine seeds, hazelnuts,
                                                                                                                   acorns, berries,
                                                                                                                   fungi, bark and sap
                                                                                                                   tissue. In spring and
                                                                                                                   summer, they will
                                                                                                                   also take insects and
                                                                                                                   occasionally birds’
                                                                                                                   eggs and young.































































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