{"id":191,"date":"2020-09-15T09:19:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T16:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nativeplantmagicbook\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2020-12-03T09:07:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T17:07:52","slug":"western-gray-squirrel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nativeplantmagicbook\/western-gray-squirrel\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Gray Squirrel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Western Gray Squirrel Drawing by Lucia Harrison<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Lushootseed Language for Squirrel. Click to Listen<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Scientific Name:  Sciurus griseus<\/em><\/p>\n

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Photo by Fish Demon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Western Gray Squirrels are the largest tree squirrel in the Pacific Northwest.\u00a0 They live in low elevation oak, maple and coniferous forests.\u00a0 They eat seeds, nuts, acorns, berries and leaves.\u00a0 They store food in hollow trees and animal burrows.\u00a0 They nest in trees, nest boxes and attics.<\/p>\n

For more information go to the<\/p>\n

1) Oregon State University Extension Service Website\u00a0 https:\/\/extension.oregonstate.edu\/news\/how-help-oregons-native-western-gray-squirrel<\/a><\/p>\n

2)\u00a0 Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife\u00a0 https:\/\/wdfw.wa.gov\/species-habitats\/species\/sciurus-griseus<\/a><\/p>\n

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Photo by Alan Schmierer






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Scientific Name:  Sciurus griseus Click on the images below to make them larger. Western Gray Squirrels are the largest tree squirrel in the Pacific Northwest.\u00a0 They live in low elevation oak, maple and coniferous forests.\u00a0 They eat seeds, nuts, acorns, berries and leaves.\u00a0 They store food in hollow trees and animal burrows.\u00a0 They nest in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":260,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nativeplantmagicbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nativeplantmagicbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nativeplantmagicbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nativeplantmagicbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/260"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nativeplantmagicbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nativeplantmagicbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1407,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nativeplantmagicbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191\/revisions\/1407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nativeplantmagicbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}