Identifier: annualreport891901021newy (find matches)
Title: Annual report
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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. 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.
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DC _1 CO <DCh-CO to < OL O THE SQUIRRELS AND OTHER RODENTS OF THE ADIRONDACKS. 345 Chipmunks, in spite of the familiarity they attain when undisturbed aroundthe house, where they are often perfectly willing to eat out of your hand, do notmake very good cage pets, being rather too much inclined to use their sharpteeth. The Iroquois had an interesting legend explaining the origin of the peculiarmarkings on the chipmunks back. It runs thus: Once upon a time the porcupinewas appointed to be the leader of all the animals. Soon after his appointment hecalled them all together and presented the question, Shall we have night all thetime and darkness, or daylight with its sunshine? This was a very importantquestion and a violent discussion arose, some wishing for daylight and the sun torule, and others for continued night. The chipmunk wished for night and day,weeks and months, the night to be separate from the days, so he began singing,The light will come; we must have li

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