[wisb] Re: Squirrel/bird
- From: "Kent" <kentsue@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <j_l_polk@xxxxxxxxx>, "wisbirdnet" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:01:52 -0600
Janine and others--13 liners commonly eat insects and carrion--and each
other (if deceased). They are scavengers at heart--, especially in July
and August when succulent vegetation is sparse.
Kent Hall
Stevens Point/Portage Co.
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From: "Janine Polk" <j_l_polk@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "wisbirdnet" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 2:07 PM
Subject: [wisb] Re: Squirrel/bird
> On a few occasions I've witnessed Thirteen-lined Groundsquirrels
> cannibalizing road-killed members of their own species.
>
> Janine Polk
> Eau Claire
> --- On Mon, 10/26/09, Mitch <mitch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: Mitch <mitch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [wisb] Re: Squirrel/bird
> To: "wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Monday, October 26, 2009, 2:14 PM
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> All squirrels are nest raiders. No surprise they will kill and eat a
> woodpecker or any other bird they can catch. They are rodents afterall. :)
>
> Ryan Brady wrote:
>> I'll spare the gory images (which I do have) but red squirrels will
>> readily eat other red squirrels as well...
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>> Ryan Brady
>> Washburn, Bayfield County, WI
>> http://www.pbase.com/rbrady
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>>> From: suechick@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [wisb] Re: Squirrel/bird
>>> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:54:36 -0500
>>>
>>> About four years ago in September I heard a bird lightly hit a window. I
>>> watched as a Palm Warbler flew from the ground to a tree branch and sat
>>> quietly. A squirrel was near by, and I was shocked to see it leap to a
>>> near branch and quickly grab the bird. It then moved to a thicker branch
>>> and proceeded to eat the warbler. I watched just long enough to be sure
>>> that's what the squirrel was doing.
>>> Sue Peterson
>>> Ephraim
>>> Door County
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