Busy As A Squirrel

More about acorns.

 

There are approximately 400-600 species of oak world-wide. In the United States there are 60-90 species of oak. Oaks are found in most states except the central western states. In Wisconsin, we have nine native species of oak – northern red, northern pin, pin, black, scarlet, white, swamp white, bur, and chinkapin. 

An estimated 500 to 2,300 species rely upon the oak tree, such as turkeys, woodpeckers, wood ducks, blue jays and thrushes; black bear, white-tailed deer, squirrels, opossums, rabbits, voles and mice; and hundreds of species of butterflies and moths. In addition, there are many fungi, bacteria and other microorganisms which create a symbiotic home with the oak. Of these species, 320 are found only on oak trees, and a further 229 species are rarely found on species other than oak.

 

From one of the trail cameras there is this series of photos of very busy fox squirrels, squirreling-away their stash of the abundant mast crop of acorns for the winter.