Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets / Being a selection, with revision, from the teachers' leaflets, home nature-study lessons, junior naturalist monthlies and other publications from the College of Agriculture, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1896-1904

by New York State College of Agriculture

The Red Squirrel.
A. B. C.

Just a tawny glimmer, A dash of red and gray,— Is it a flitting shadow, Or a sunbeam gone astray?

It glances up a tree trunk, And from some branch, I know A little spy in ambush Is measuring his foe.

I hear his mocking chuckle; In wrath he waxes bold, And stays his pressing business To scold and scold and scold.

Fig. 322. In the haunts of the red squirrel.

Questions About the Red Squirrel.

1. What is the color of the red squirrel? Is he really red? Is his entire coat of one color? Does he wear different colors in winter and summer?

2. Did you ever see a red squirrel's nest? If so, describe it.

3. Does the red squirrel hibernate; that is, does he sleep all winter as the chipmunk does?