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Eastern Gray Squirrel raiding bird seed feeder, Athens Georgia, USA

Eastern Grey Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, hangs from a bird feeder eating black oil sunflower seeds. Photographed in spring in Athens, Clarke County, GA, southeast United States. Like many members of the family Sciuridae, the eastern gray squirrel is a scatter-hoarder; it hoards food in numerous small caches for later recovery.