Jon Anderson wrote:

>I've heard theories that the mammals are looking for a high protein source
this time of year - especially deer. Squirrels aren't nearly as herbivorous
as we usually think. I've also heard that, in some of the more arid
regions, the mammals consider birds, etc as a fluid source.

Peggy Bartels, a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist
conducting surveys of western gray squirrels, has reportedly identified
bones of tree frogs in the stomachs of road-killed squirrels from the Methow
drainage. I don't know the time of year. It *is* relatively arid there!!??

Kelly McAllister
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