I Found Spring

by Nava Thompson

Title

I Found Spring

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Nava Thompson

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Photograph - Photography

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A photo taken by Nava Thompson in the early morning light in the spring of a gray squirrel in among the yellow Daffodils. Arkansas-- He was look really sweet and innocent because he had just had his fill of the sunflower seeds meant for the birds.........................Squirrels breed once or twice a year and give birth to a varying number of young after three to six weeks, depending on species. The young are born naked, toothless, and blind. In most species of squirrel, only the female looks after the young, which are weaned at around six to ten weeks of age and become sexually mature at the end of their first year. In general, ground-dwelling species are social animals, often living in well-developed colonies, but the tree-dwelling species are more solitary...............................Ground and tree squirrels are typically diurnal or crepuscular,[11] while flying squirrels tend to be nocturnal�except for lactating flying squirrels and their offspring, which have a period of diurnality during the summer.......................Feeding
Squirrel eating a fruit in Manyara National Park, Tanzania ...................squirrel eating a peanut..........................The Indian palm squirrel is the most common type of squirrel found in India.Squirrels cannot digest cellulose, so they must rely on foods rich in protein, carbohydrates, and fats. In temperate regions, early spring is the hardest time of year for squirrels, because buried nuts begin to sprout and are no longer available for the squirrel to eat, and new food sources have not become available yet. During these times, squirrels rely heavily on the buds of trees. Squirrels' diets consist primarily of a wide variety of plants, including nuts, seeds, conifer cones, fruits, fungi, and green vegetation. However, some squirrels also consume meat, especially when faced with hunger.[8] Squirrels have been known to eat insects, eggs, small birds, young snakes, and smaller rodents. Indeed, some tropical species have shifted almost entirely to a diet of insects..............................Predatory behavior has been noted by various species of ground squirrels, in particular the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.................. For example, Bailey, a scientist in the 1920s, observed a thirteen-lined ground squirrel preying upon a young chicken.[15] Wistrand reported seeing this same species eating a freshly killed snake.[16] Whitaker examined the stomachs of 139 thirteen-lined ground squirrels and found bird flesh in four of the specimens and the remains of a short-tailed shrew in one;[17] Bradley, examining white-tailed antelope squirrels' stomachs, found at least 10% of his 609 specimens' stomachs contained some type of vertebrate, mostly lizards and rodents.........................Morgart observed a white-tailed antelope squirrel capturing and eating a silky pocket mouse

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