BISMARCK, THE RED SQUIRREL 



winter he would eat a Baldwin apple, even 

 to the seeds, at one sitting. 



The history of Bismarck through a year 

 of famine is the history of other red squirrels 

 on Cape Ann. It is evident that the red squir- 

 rel is famine proof. If the nut crop is a 

 failure, chickaree turns his attention to other 

 food sources, and by perseverance and hard 

 work is able to keep the wolf from the door. 



For years Bismarck and the blue jays have 

 matched wits. After nesting, the blue jays 

 would flock to .the cabin and impudently ap- 

 propriate all the food found in the trees. Bis- 

 marck seemed to know that it was useless to 

 store food longer in this way, so he would 

 bury it beneath the pine-needles. The jays 

 were soon on to this trick. When I threw a 

 piece of bread to the squirrel he would start 

 at once to hide it, while the jays would follow 

 him, keeping in the trees, just out of reach. 

 The moment he left, the jays would fly down, 

 dig out the bread and carry it away. It often 

 happened that Bismarck would fool the rob- 

 bers by pretending to bury the bread. He 

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