Field notes, v1458
Page 301
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Longmont 1939 Citellus b. douglasii Nov. 5 Huckleberry Cr. during a half hour's watch despite the fact that it was a warm morning 9:15-9:45 A.M. They did little active feeding, for the most part sitting about near the burrows apparently enjoying the sun. One adult foraged for a few moments among the dry leaves under some Quercus douglasii 65 yd. from burrow. About the mouths of the burrows evidence was found showing that the squirrels had been eating the fruit of Acer californicus and Umbellularia californica. Hulls of these fruits were scattered about the mounds of the burrows along with hulls from the acorns of Quercus douglasii. On a rock beneath the nearby trees other hulls showed that the squirrels sometimes ate their food outside the burrow. However, due the large size of these fruits they may have merely stopped to cut them up into pieces of more convenient size to carry in their cheek pouches. Passing by the colony again in the late morning 11:40 A.M. no