what type of food do squirrels like
Red squirrels eat nuts like the hazelnut and beechnut and seeds like spruce and pine. They also eat acorns, fungus, insects, and even soil and tree bark when food is scare. The bark and soil provide minerals and roughage for the squirrel.Red squirrels bury their food in the winter like grey squirrels, but often forget where they buried it.rey Tree Squirrels. Grey squirrels feed on berries, acorns, flowers and tree buds in the spring. They consume beech mast, nuts, roots, sap tissue and even small insects occasionally. They rarely will eat small bird eggs and baby chicks.