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CHILDOS
1951
Citellus parryi
June 3 Point Barrow, Alaska
Schiller got one at the Dran River Sea
Catalog.
July 10 Uniat, 400 ft., Alaska
Gil #9 found fresh diggings at the
base of Uniat Mt.
Aug 5 East Aumalik, 110 mi. SSE Barrow, Alaska
This animal is extremely abundant in this
locality. Its burrow can be found almost
anywhere there is any bushy cover along steam
banks or on the bluffs. Appears that they
respond to any situation where there is
"escape cover." Thus the "sit-sit" was
very abundant in camp, using pipes and 55
gallon drums as refuges. Little burrowing
was noted in the camp area so that it
may be that the camp is marginal
habitat and the squirrels using it would
be lost over winter. We took 15 animals from
within 25 yds of the cook wamnigan where the
squirrels would come after food wastes. They
were particularly fond of bread & poppy seeds.
About 4 squirrels were caught in pipes or between
Barrels by the simple process of one of us
holding a burlap sack over the opening & the
other chasing it into the sack from the other
end. Another successful method was to place
a Has-a-hart live trap at the entrance of a