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Identifier: annualreport891901021newy (find matches)
Title: Annual report
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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for in a chase through the tree tops the squirrel hasmuch the advantage. Should he find one of these enemies resting anywhere nearhim, he at once adopts offensive tactics, and worries the bird till it is glad to getaway. Then, too, the red squirrel occasionally falls a prey to the mink or tothe weasels, whose long, slender bodies enable them to follow the squirrels intotheir holes. Besides these, the man and the small boy with the gun are alwaysabroad. In spite of all these the red squirrel has held his own and in fact has takento the proximity of man very well, even turning some of mans contrivances tohis own account. Thus the zig-zag rail fence is one of his delights, and as Stonesays, nothing pleases him better than to run a race with you while you aredriving along the road. Then, they like to play tag, and a pair may often beseen chasing each other over and through all .sorts of obstacles, with the utmostrecklessness. When hunted with a shotgun he soon learns its power, and after
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