Learn About Chipmunks, Bats, Squirrels and Birds!
The Chipmunk is one of the most recognizable animals in the forest of North America thanks to its distinctive white dots and stripes, meanwhile its chirps and the reasons behind them remain a mystery to many people.
So why do Chipmunks chirp?
The reason Chipmunks Chirp is for territorial defense and to warn other chipmunks of nearby predators.
Let’s take a closer look into the types of chirps used and why.
Red foxes have what many people would consider peculiar behaviors and this is especially true of their sleeping habits. Red foxes love to dig and build cozy dens, but with a few exceptions red foxes typically do not sleep in their burrows.
So, where do red foxes sleep?
Foxes sleep near their dens, preferring to sleep out in the open, near brush or under a ledge or uprooted tree curled up in a ball with their backs to the wind and their noses tucked under their tails. Foxes will sleep in their dens when it is extremely hot, raining or when a mother is raising her kits.
Foxes are beautiful animals that draw equal amounts of admiration and wonder. One of the things people often wonder about is the social lives of these animals and, more specifically, are red foxes territorial?
The answer is usually, but not always. Red foxes are generally regarded as territorial animals that occupy well-defined and separated home ranges. Territories are sometimes occupied by family groups and individual or family territories will often overlap in areas of high populations and may be shared by multiple family units.
Most foxes will stay in a two- to three-square mile area when habitat conditions are favorable.
Red foxes have long been thought to be a monogamous species, but do red foxes mate for life? Studies have shown this is not always the case. Red foxes do not form large packs that live and work together like some members of the canid family, such as wolves, but do form family groups for part of the year.
During the breeding season a mating pair of red foxes will often share a den and work together to breed and raise their young. However, studies show that true social monogamy only occurs in roughly of 50 percent of red foxes pairs and polygynous males will breed with multiple females across their home range. Males will fight for females during the breeding season.
The red and gray fox are both members of the canide family and each species has some defining characteristics. While the animal’s names imply they can be identified by color alone, coloration among both red and gray foxes can vary and the species cannot always be identified by their overall color.
However, there are ways to tell the two species apart.
Red foxes are beautiful animals whose population can thrive when food is plentiful. I have recently started trying to watch a family of foxes in my neighborhood and catching glimpses of them in the evening.
My occasional sightings of these animals got me wondering about whether I will be watching the same foxes for years to come or are their lifespans so short that they will be quickly replaced by their pups. Here is some of what I have found out.
Gray squirrels and fox squirrels look very similar, but they are actually two different species. Gray squirrels are the most common in North America. Fox squirrels are less common but can be found in many regions of the United States, particularly in southern areas.
This article will discuss what sets these two species apart from each other along with their defining features.
Even though the species look very similar, there are some very telling visual differences between fox and gray squirrels. While there are some notable variations and exceptions, the coloring of both gray and fox squirrels is more or less the same throughout most of their range across North America.
Fox squirrels are predominantly gray with a slight brown, yellow or red-orange tint with a rust-colored belly and a black outline on its tail.
The fox squirrel is the largest native tree squirrel in North America reaching lengths of 18– to 29-inches plus a tail of eight to 13 inches in length. Fox squirrels weigh in at between one and three pounds.
If you have a garden, then you know that the biggest challenge is keeping the pests away. One of the most common pests is the squirrel. These little critters can wreak havoc on your plants, eating everything in sight.
However, there are some plants that squirrels hate and will not eat. If you are looking to keep your garden squirrel-free, then be sure to include these ten plants in your garden and try some of our other tips and tricks listed below!
Not only will they eat the flowers, fruit and stocks of plants, squirrels are also notorious for digging up the bulbs and roots before the plants can even sprout. They then stockpile these for the lean winter months just as they do with nuts. Here is a list of plants that squirrels hate and will not eat:
Flying squirrels are beautiful animals that many people have heard about but few people have actually seen. Because sightings of these animals are not common it leads many people to ask, “Are Flying Squirrels Endangered?”
It turns out that the population of flying squirrels is quite robust and as a species are not endangered. The lone exception is a single sub-species of flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus) that has been on the Endangered Species list since 1985.
