Are the voles simply a food source, or are the squirrels regarding them as competitors for the seeds and nuts, clearing them out like a rival gang?
They always have a taste for protein. Sit near a ground squirrel colony with a scoped rifle and smack a couple of them. Right away their buddies will come out to snack on the remains.
Our neighborhood squirrels and crows will eat almost anything except broccoli. (On the one subject of broccoli it seems that George Bush was right….)
“Forget Nuts – California Squirrels Are Hunting for Meat!”
If they want to keep access to meat, the Squirrels need to stop voting for Democrats as I doubt it will even be available in California 10 years from now, the way that state is circling the drain in the name of ‘climate change’.
California Vole! It’s not nuts! Its what’s for Dinner!
Many animals thought to be non-meat-eating will gladly eat a bit of meat. I’ve seen quail fighting over little balls of ground beef left for the cactus wrens. And the various ground squirrels will gladly gorge on caterpillars in the spring, holding them, squirming, in their front paws and nibbling their way down.
Word has gotten out to the squirrel community to up their protein intake to get stronger so they can fight back when confronted by the Feds and not end up like Peanut.
Like most Californians, squirrels are nuts.
Eat baby birds all the time.
Squirrels = Tree rats
Could have done without pictures.
Squirrels eat anything, including each other.
Anyone blame Trump yet for creating this due to climate change and Jan 6?
Why is this a surprise? Rodents eat their young that are weak, so why wouldn’t they eat other animals?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but those ain’t “ground squirrels”. A ground squirrel is a chipmunk, yes?. Those ain’t chipmunks...
The dummies, the squirrels are resonding to climate change!!!! /sarc
RB Wow! This is like a totally NPR Nature series article, No Bambi colored Disney filter here!. A great disruption in the natural order! Squirrels moving to a higher place in the food chain, snagging away a food source from shrews, foxes, coyotes, owls, and hawks! :0
I see squirrels all the time, but I haven’t seen this yet. Either they’re hiding their carnivorism (is that a word?), or there are an abundance of acorns in the park across the street.
I saw a squirrel jump into a trash can and jump out with a fried chicken leg and start chowing down.
I had trouble with a squirrel eating all the plain suet I put out for the birds. Asked the guy at the bird food store and he said it isn’t uncommon for squirrels to eat meat products.
Our cats, however, would never eat voles. Just leave their bodies for us as a gift!