WILDLIFE NOTES from the Pennsylvania Game Commission:
Fox squirrels (Sciurus niger) are found mainly in the western and southern counties in Pennsylvania. They prefer open, park-like woods with sparse ground cover, usually avoiding mountains and extensive forests. Fox squirrels have gray to reddish-gray upper parts and buff to pale orange-brown undersides. Weighing nearly two pounds, they are slower, more sluggish and less vocal than their neighbors the Gray Squirrels. Like the other Pennsylvania tree squirrels, fox squirrels never actually hibernate in winter but will hole up and sleep soundly through several days of snowstorms or extreme cold. (learn more...)
LOCATION NOTES: All five caches in the "Beavecoon" series are located on the south side of Cross Creek County Park. This is a wild, unimproved area which attracts a LOT of hunters. Please be aware of the hunting seasons, and during the season, be sure to wear plenty of fluorescent orange (or better yet, wait until Sunday!) PA Hunting Season link. There is one common parking location to access all 5 caches.
This cache is on the same path that will lead you to "Leopard Frog" and then the puzzle cache "Beavecoon". Start at the "trailhead" waypointStart at the "trailhead" waypoint -- DON'T try a bushwack from "Turkey Vulture"! After a rain, much of this path is actually stream bed, so prepare to get wet.