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Squirrels cannot reach our bird feeder. Yet, birds can be sloppy eaters and frequently cause their food, black-oil sunflower seeds, to fall to the deck below. A resourceful squirrel can fetch one and spirit it away to one of its winter storehouses. Each day, the squirrel scampers back and forth between a storage place and beneath the bird feeder. Always, the squirrel carries but one seed at a time. It seems like endless work, but presumably it will pay off when there is snow on the ground.<\/p>\n

A squirrel finds a black-oil sunflower seed. Beside it is the empty shell of a previous one.
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The squirrel holds the oilseed. The shell casing is falling to the left.
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Then putting the seed in its mouth, it rushes off to add the seed to its provisions. Strangely, the squirrel alway starts on its way first by leaping. \"\"<\/p>\n

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