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« on: January 18, 2010, 05:56:24 PM » |
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For the first time ever I saw a group of 6 fox squirrels foraging for food next to the road today. I have never seen more than 2 in a group before.
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« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2010, 06:31:32 PM » |
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They must have been hungry...hope you had your faceshield down and your jackets zipped up all the way...  |
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« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2010, 06:52:55 PM » |
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They call them Flocking Squirrels!!!!  |
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2010, 07:21:41 PM » |
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that you can't hit one of those little suckers. These things are actually big enough, they could cause a problem if you ran into one. Flocking Squirrels....... |
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« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2010, 09:17:55 PM » |
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Highbinder is completely correct...... Used in a sentence.... example: Man, look at all them flocking squirrels. Don, you crack me up.  |
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« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2010, 08:50:08 AM » |
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a group of squirrels is called a dray or a scurry..... |
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« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2010, 10:31:56 AM » |
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dray or scurry. I love knowing the terms like that.
I'm glad its not a pod.
I whacked a rabbit last summer and it altered my course but that was about it.
Other than time for a pressure wash and a cig.
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« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2010, 11:29:41 AM » |
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I'm not sure fox squirrels should be called squirrels. They're more like skinny racoons in squirrel suits. I've never seen more than two together.
Anytime they gather into a group I think they should legitimately be called a pack. 
Now a scurry of grey squirrels sounds just about right.  You guys got packs of squirrels up there? Nothing down here by the packs except Camels. Raymond |
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« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2010, 11:43:18 AM » |
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You guys got packs of squirrels up there? Nothing down here by the packs except Camels. Nah. My experience with fox squirrels was in Georgia. I've certainly not seen any in Kansas. We do have scurries of the small ones.
We have whole cartons of camels out close to Fort Riley. |
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« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2010, 11:49:42 AM » |
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We got alot of them here in Ind. Smoking Joe said at the CBR he has never seen squirrels so big. He said our squirrels could kick his squirrels a$$! They are hard to clean. Hair sticks good to the meat.
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« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2010, 12:55:38 PM » |
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I'm looking around on the web and finding a lot of entries for fox squirrels showing what I've always known as a red squirrel.
The fox squirrels I knew of were in Georgia. They were big, twice the size of grey squirrels, and dark. They walked on the forest floor rather than hopping about like their little cousins and their heads appeared to be too small for their bodies.
Are those the ones your speaking of, Terry?
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« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2010, 01:09:36 PM » |
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Heres what we have up here, fox squirrel. These are hunted and are the size of a 4 mo old kitten.  We also have red squirrels. They are about half the size of the fox. AKA a piney squrriel. Its kinda like a chipmunk but red and just as fast on the ground. Greys are rare up here. Black squirrels are huge in numbers in the cities. I believe they are a cross between a fox and a red. |
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« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2010, 01:13:51 PM » |
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Heres what we have up here, fox squirrel. These are hunted and are the size of a 4 mo old kitten. Yeah, I saw pictures like that one. That doesn't match my memory of the South Georgia fox squirrels. As I remember, that ones in South Georgia were either the size of or approaching the size of a full grown house cat, maybe not as meaty, but as long. |
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« Reply #15 on: January 19, 2010, 04:04:49 PM » |
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Never seen more than two together either Thunderbolt... The Sherman fox squirrel is found in peninsular Florida to the north end of Lake Okeechobee. Its preferred habitat is pine forests of longleaf pine or South Florida slash pine, where it eats pine seeds and acorns. The Sherman fox squirrel is rarely seen in urban areas. It is a species of special concern. The fox squirrel's I've seen in the Florida brush looked like this, but seemed larger. The last one I saw was in "Croom" wildlife management area while deer hunting. I was walking out of the woods, he was on the trail. He stood on his rear legs and staired me down, the sucker wouldn't move out of my way. I went around him, his home, his turf.  |
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« Reply #16 on: January 19, 2010, 04:41:15 PM » |
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I am not sure about squirrels, but a group of Lesbians are called a Munch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #17 on: January 19, 2010, 05:05:34 PM » |
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I am not sure about squirrels, but a group of Lesbians are called a Munch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #18 on: January 19, 2010, 05:20:01 PM » |
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Fudgie...
I have noticed how big the squirrels are in Indiana also. Here in TN they are about half the size of the ones there. My Mom lives there now, and when visiting her I saw one in her front yard that was the size of a large house cat.
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« Reply #19 on: January 19, 2010, 05:21:45 PM » |
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although bigger and the tend to stand on their hind legs and look around a lot. They look like they have a black mask or hood on their head.
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« Reply #20 on: January 19, 2010, 05:38:54 PM » |
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I'm gonna stick with 'flocking' dray or scurry just doesn't sing..... use it in a sentence and see what I mean....... Maybe we should ask Daniel Meyer..... he's the expert  |
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« Reply #21 on: January 19, 2010, 05:43:55 PM » |
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 Head is black and the rest of his fur is lighter colored almost a yellowish white. |
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« Reply #22 on: January 19, 2010, 05:51:00 PM » |
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Well I am not Daniel but found this http://www.squirrels.org/faq.html#Q23 down in the list is this What do you call a group of squirrels? Squirrels are solitary animals. They do not have a hierarchical structure, and therefore, no group name was established |
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« Reply #23 on: January 19, 2010, 05:59:57 PM » |
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I'm gonna stick with 'flocking' dray or scurry just doesn't sing..... use it in a sentence and see what I mean....... Maybe we should ask Daniel Meyer..... he's the expert Trouble...we call them trouble... Beware...if the flocking things are flocking...taking over the world isn't far from their flocking little minds. I have it on good authority at least one of them has a shotgun. |
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« Reply #24 on: January 19, 2010, 10:57:38 PM » |
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color phase of the greys. The ones that we have around here are mostly black, but we do have some that are black with a grey tail or visa-versa. The fox squirrels seem to like small wood lots next to farms. The greys are more of a deep woods dweller. The little reds are usually found near pines. I call the greys and fox squirrels dinner. I par-boil them, then take the meat and make a gravy with it for pouring over biscuts. |
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« Reply #25 on: January 20, 2010, 04:42:28 AM » |
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i don't know about you guys, but our fox squirels are all red, just like a fox. they're also quite abit smaller then a commen gray squirel. i've got one that hangs around in my back yard, he pisses the hell out of the grays.
can't say i've ever seen more then one together. if i can get a picture of him, i'll post it.
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