Wisconsin's smallest tree squirrel carries a name often incorrectly applied to our fox squirrel.  The true red squirrel is a miniscule image of the fox squirrel, which can weigh 35 ounces compared to the red squirrel's 7 ounces. 

The varied diet of the red, a.k.a. pine squirrel and chickaree, is dominated by pine seeds and deciduous tree nuts.  A jack pine cone may be quite large but the seeds are very small and imbedded between tough, woody scales.  Still the cone makes a convenient seed storage container, often piled by the bushel by the small rodent.

In addition to seeds, nuts and so...