Submit Your Squirrel Observation

Submit your Project Squirrel observation at SciStarter.com/data/projectsquirrel

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Presented by the University of Illinois Chicago, the Hefner Museum of Natural History, and the Chicago Academy of Science

Thank you for participating in Project Squirrel! Your data are an important contribution to our understanding of urban nature and we hope you will continue to report about the squirrels at your observation site and tell your friends about Project Squirrel.


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Your information

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How many? Which species?

If none, please leave at 0.

Squirrel Photo

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Where?
Can you see your observation site on this map?

Based on the available information, this is your observation site's point on the map. If it's incorrect, you can drag the marker to the correct spot.

Have you ever submitted data for this observation site before?
Have you already submitted data for a different observation site?
When did you make this observation?
What type of location?
What trees are present?

Nut-bearing Trees (like walnut, hickory, oak)
Seed-bearing Trees (like maple, elm, locust)
Fruit-bearing Trees (like crabapple, ginkgo, hawthorn)
Tiny-seeded Trees (like cottonwood, willow, ash)
Coniferous Trees (like pine, spruce, fir)

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Yes
No
Unsure
Nut-bearing
Seed-bearing
Fruit-bearing
Tiny-seeded
Conifers
How often do you see squirrels getting food from the following?
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Never
Rare
Often
Regular
bird feeders
human handouts
garbage
trees/plants
other
Compared to this time last year, are squirrels more abundant, less or the same?
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More
Less
Same
Unsure
Squirrel numbers
How often are dogs, cats, and other predators seen at the site?

This includes dogs and cats that live near the site, strays, animals that visit the site on a walk, and others: low = if you see them you're lucky; medium = you see them if you're looking for them; high = you see them regularly

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Never
Low
Medium
High
Dogs
Cats
Coyotes
Hawks
Poisoned grain
Any other comments, data, or observations?