An eastern fox squirrel strips eats bark that it has stripped from a tree. It had already pulled off quite a bit of the bark near its perch. The eastern fox squirrel is not native to this area but is commonly seen in the Portland metro area.
Tag: Tualatin Hills Nature Park
Invader Fox
The squirrels in my Portland neighborhood are all invaders from the east, either gray or fox squirrels. This eastern fox squirrel was nearly obscured by leaves in a nature park in nearby Beaverton, where the large habitat also supports one of our native squirrels, the Douglas’ squirrel.
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