A Red Squirrel on the Chippewa River Trail Traditional Geocache
A Red Squirrel on the Chippewa River Trail
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Of the 5 breeds of squirrels in Wisconsin, the Red Squirrel is the smallest.
The red squirrel has reddish to reddish-gray fur on top and a white or cream underside. It has white around its eyes. Its tail is not as long or bushy as the tail of other tree squirrels. In the summer, the red squirrel may have a black stripe on its sides. Its curved front claws and powerful hind legs make it a very good climber and jumper.
The red squirrel can be found in coniferous, deciduous and mixed coniferous-deciduous forests, such as the mixed forest you will find this cache, near the bike trail.
A large part of its diet is made up of pine seeds, though they eat insects and nuts and berrys too. In the fall, it will cut green pine cones from trees and store them in the ground. It also stores nuts and seeds in piles or middens under logs, at the base of trees and underground. It doesn't always find or eat all of the seeds and nuts it has stored. Because of this, the red squirrel fills an important niche in spreading seeds in the forest. The red squirrel also drinks tree sap from maple trees. It bites a tree until the sap flows out and returns to drink it after the water in the sap has evaporated.
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