I have seen gray squirrels gnaw on a deer carcass, regularly eat suet, eat on road kill, and chew MacDonald's hamburgers taken out of a dumpster in Albany. Not that often, but some will do it. Maybe it relates to their level of hunger.
Nancy Kern Austerlitz, NY Columbia County ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Rick & Linda <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 9, 2016 12:05 PM To: NYS BIRDS Subject: [nysbirds-l] [NFBirds Report 2905] I Have Never Seen This Before !! I always thought G Squirrels were vegetarians. Here are pictures of a squirrel on my deck eating a DE Junco. I could not believe my eyes but there it is. I was working on my laptop this morning and heard a thump on the sliding glass door. Evidently it was a DE Junco that hit the glass. I finished what I was doing and went to see if the bird needed to be put in a box and kept warm until it recovered. When I got to the door I saw the squirrel already had the birds head off and was eating the rest. I have never seen this before, has anyone else? I frequently throw out leftover wet cat food, fat and other table scraps that the Bluejays and Blackbirds enjoy but the squirrels always turn their noses up at that food. She ate the whole bird and I spotted her later with only feathers stuck to her head and leg. This is a first for me and I don't know if I like the idea of a carnivorous squirrel. [cid:DFE8FBDE-B4B2-4B9F-9531-FCBFB311FC21] IMG_9673 [cid:10AC657C-5218-4F3E-8109-F2AEEABD5C2A] IMG_9672 [cid:272CDC01-2A40-4AEB-9A34-7B02B0BFF996] IMG_9671 [cid:F66C8D08-3E61-48D1-BCE8-4DB14B1A2AA2] IMG_9670 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "North Fork Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
