Identifier: annualreport891901021newy (
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Annual reportYear:
1902 (
1900s)Authors:
New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game CommissionSubjects:
Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birdsPublisher:
(Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)Contributing Library:
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Biodiversity Heritage LibraryView Book Page:
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view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:. Stone also tells of seeing them catch and eat large grasshoppers.Then, too, they dig up roots, the tuberous ones of the dwarf ginseng and thesquirrel corn being favorites. The chipmunks at Old Forge were observed eatingthe seeds of the maple, from whose papery envelops they neatly extracted them.Both there and at North Creek their holes could be recognized by the heaps ofseeds they had stripped from the spruce cones and the naked stalks. Thechipmunk in his search for diversity of food occasionally eats birds eggs, but isnot nearly so great an offender in this respect as the red squirrel. When the cold days of the late fall come the chipmunk repairs to his burrow;but as several weeks are supposed to elapse before he enters his winter sleep, itis probable that he spends his time laying on a sufficient supply of fat to lasthim till the spring. Then in the warm, sunny days of April and May he reappearsagain, but should a cold wave come on he will retire to his burrow for somemore sleep.Text Appearing After Image:DC _1 CO