Red squirrels love to stash away pine cones Sue Pike [email protected] I was out hiking with a friend when a red squirrel accosted us on the trail, clearly wanting something to eat.

Cones take many forms, some of which we scarcely recognize as cones. On a yew in your front yard, you may see a single seed poking out of a bright red oval that looks like a berry (don’t taste ...

Cones come in all shapes and sizes. Cones from white pines are long and thin, red pine cones short and round. Hemlock cones are marble-sized. Red cedars and junipers grow cones that look like berries.

About 20 varieties of pine trees produce cones. Cypress, cone, spruce, and fir are a few. The cones are quite different in shape, color, and size and some hang on the tree for years and others ...

Red squirrels do well in an abundant year for spruce and balsam cones, eating as many as fifty a day. Introduced to Newfoundland for the first time in the 1960s, squirrels eat as much as two ...

Fall is the perfect time to pick pine cones, especially after a good wind knocks them to the ground. However, beware if you visit the mountains along the California coast on a windy day: The ...

The donated pine cones help the Michigan DNR replenish red pine seed supplies, which are in high demand. Below is the DNR identification flyer. Learn more at Michigan.gov/Forestry .

Each bushel of red pine cones will earn you $100. The DNR is looking for pine cones that are fresh off the tree and stored properly—not in burlap or plastic bags, which can ruin the pine cones ...

Pine cones, mainstay of the ecosystem, are exceptionally plentiful this fall. Robert Miller: Before you kick that pine cone, consider its purpose Register Citizen Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...