Squirrels chase the voles, then catch and pummel them until they’re a bloody pulp. ... Prior research found clues of ingested voles, as well as quail eggs, insects and shellfish.

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Squirrels typically eat acorns, seeds, nuts and fruit, but are known to occasionally eat fresh carrion or roadkill, insects, eggs or other discarded food. Some squirrels at California’s colleges ...

After watching squirrels in California for 12 years, ... sometimes supplementing their diet with insects and bird eggs. Evidence of them eating the occasional meal of meat has been found too, ...

Squirrels mainly consume acorns, seeds, nuts, and fruits, but they have been known to supplement that diet with insects and, occasionally, by stealing eggs or young hatchlings from nests.