160 WATCHED BY WILD ANIMALS 



But a number of animals squirrels, chip- 

 munks, conies, and beavers store food for the 

 winter. Generally these supplies are placed 

 where they are at all times readily reached 

 by the owners; on the earth, in it, in the water; 

 the place depending on the taste and the habits 

 of the fellow. 



Upon the mountain tops the cony, or Little 

 Chief Hare, stacks hay each autumn. This 

 tiny stack is placed in the shelter of a big 

 boulder or by a big rock, close to the entrance 

 of his den. While the beaver is eating green 

 canned bark the cony is contentedly chewing 

 dry, cured hay. 



The beaver is one of the animals which solves 

 the winter food and cold problem by storing a 

 harvest of green aspen, birch, and willow. This 

 is made during the autumn and is stored on the 

 bottom of the pond below the ice-line. Being 

 canned in cold water the bark remains fresh for 

 months. 



Squirrels store nuts and cones for winter 

 food. Most squirrels have a regular storing 

 place. This covers only a few square yards or 

 less and usually is within fifty or sixty feet of the 

 base of the tree in which the squirrel has a hole 

 and a winter home. 



Commonly, when dining, the squirrel goes to 

 his granary or storage place and uses this for 



