North Country explorer from Castleton, Vermont
This is a picture of an Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) who was scavenging for food on St. Lawrence University’s campus. Surrounding the school is an abundance of various species of trees where these squirrels spend much of their time near for conveniences like shelter and protection. The area the squirrels are occupying is an open space surrounded with scattered trees and buildings. Farther out there are additional open fields with a river that encompasses a majority of the hardwood forest. As temperatures are warming up, there has been an increasing amount of squirrel activity on St. Lawrence’s campus. I found this picture interesting because they are continuing to be bold while scavenging for food and I saw the different pieces of food that the squirrel was gathering to eat.