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Fox Squirrel Gnawing On An Antler

By Mia McPherson|October 19th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Fox Squirrels, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, antler, autumn, behavior, chewing, close up, eating, fall, Fox Squirrel, garden, gnawing, Sciurus niger, squirrel, squirrels, suburban, tree squirrel, tree squirrels, yard|

For the first time, I saw, photographed, and filmed a Fox Squirrel gnawing on a deer antler, and it was pretty exciting. The squirrel seemed to love it.

Uinta Ground Squirrels Eating Earthworms

By Mia McPherson|April 26th, 2020|Categories: Summit County, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: break, canyon, chewing, chowing down, devouring, earthworm, earthworms, eating, grasses, ground, ground squirrel, ground squirrels, meal, mountains, mouth, mud, muddy, munching, nibbling, rain, spring, squirrel, squirrels, stuffing, tongue, tugging, Uinta Ground Squirrel, Urocitellus armatus, wet, worm, worms, wrestling|

Two days ago I photographed something I had never seen or documented when I stopped to take photos of a Uinta Ground Squirrel and it started eating a big, fat earthworm.