Date: 10/25/2003

Number: 1

Last weekend we released a late batch of orphaned gray squirrels that came into the Minnesota Wildlife Haven (www.mnwildlifehaven.org) this summer. Minnesota gray squirrels have two nesting seasons – early spring and mid-summer. The six squirrels released are approximately 14 weeks old – they came to the Haven when they were about 2 weeks old and still had their eyes closed! They were feed a special formula until they ate on their own. Before release they were fed foods they would find around their release site, they learned to live in a nesting box (so they wouldn’t have to try to find a cavity nest to protect them from weather and predators right away,) and they went into outdoor caging to acclimate to late autumn temperatures, outdoor sounds and foraging for food. We always put up a feeder, and extra nesting box just in case the squirrel family decides to split up, something happens to their primary nesting box, or if a “local” squirrel chases the juveniles out & claims the bo

Hassan, MN

Latitude: 45.2 Longitude: -93.6

Observed by: Ruthan
Contact Observer

The observer's e-mail address will not be disclosed.
Contact will be made through a web-based form.