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J. M. Johnston
1948
Douglas Squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
29 Aug. Two males. On the 27th
at dusk I shot one male.
Today about noon I was out
hunting them again, the day
was overcast & quite
dark in the woods, I had
to walk about twice as far
to scare up as many as
I normally would in half
the distance on bright days.
Shot two, both of these females.
There was one that I shot
but it managed to get to
one of the many entrances
before dying
that they have to their
den under their tree. In
the pile of cone scales
and also in the humus
within a 6 ft radius around
the tree there were 18 holes.
Four of these were about 4
inches m diameter near or
next to protruding roots,
and lead down to the
center under the tree. I
could insert my arm as
far as it would go (almost to floor
to the hole
elder) without feeling an end.
The other smaller holes