How to Use ground squirrel in a Sentence

ground squirrel

noun
  • The prey base for the birds — ground squirrels and rabbits — lived on the flats.
    — Steve Stuebner, idahostatesman, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Tree and ground squirrels are tough to control in an open garden bed.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2024
  • The holes also are too small for gophers, moles and ground squirrels.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Scoops in the dirt are a sign that a grizzly bear has rooted out a ground squirrel.
    — Christopher Solomon, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • O'Dea and his friends were on lawn chairs, shooting at ground squirrels.
    — Maxine Bernstein, OregonLive.com, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The parkas are full length, made from the skins of gray and reddish-brown arctic ground squirrels.
    — Emily Schwing, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The parkas are full-length, made from the skins of gray and reddish-brown arctic ground squirrels.
    — Emily Schwing, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
  • And humans share genes that give ground squirrels their distinctive stripes.
    — NBC News, 7 Mar. 2018
  • The ground squirrel darted up to the table, grabbed his keys and scampered into his hole.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 9 July 2018
  • But even with this assistance, ground squirrel burrows are in short supply.
    — Mark Degraff, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The badger can dig into ground squirrels' dens and then once the prey surfaces, the coyote can chase it down.
    — Alicia Lee, CNN, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Rats and ground squirrels can do significant damage to nut crops and can strip trees in short order.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 17 July 2019
  • Terriers are pretty fierce hunters and could well have survived by catching ground squirrels and the like.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The lead conservationist is a large, fluffy ground squirrel known as a marmot.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Then there are ground squirrels, which usually live in forests, and hibernate in winter.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Gray foxes keep gopher, vole, ground squirrel, rat and mice populations in check.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
  • During the spring, its flowers are one of the only sources of wet food available for insects, ravens, and ground squirrels.
    — Sam Schipani, Smithsonian, 10 Aug. 2017
  • Researchers have released about 50 ground squirrels in the past couple of summers.
    — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2025
  • In the wild, ground squirrels usually live up to five years and can grow up to 18-20 inches.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Borrowing ground squirrel burrows to beat the heat, meerkats emerge to get food in the morning and late afternoon.
    — National Geographic, 27 July 2021
  • Groundhogs, also known as woodchucks, are one of the largest members of the ground squirrel family.
    — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The bulk of a coyotes’ diet consists of rodents, mainly field mice, rats, chipmunks, and ground squirrels.
    — Hampton Bourne, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2023
  • If it gets pushed out during the day, the hole is probably inhabited by a ground squirrel, such as a chipmunk.
    — Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Rattlesnakes were more attracted to ground squirrel scent than to ground squirrel scent mixed with rattlesnake scent or rattlesnake scent alone.
    — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2014
  • Groundhogs are rodents that belong to the marmot or ground squirrel family.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2024
  • The main culprit is the California ground squirrel, which is native to the region.
    — Phil Diehl, latimes.com, 25 Mar. 2018
  • The Arctic ground squirrel cools down to 27 degrees Fahrenheit.
    — Gregory Mone, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2013
  • Those animals that can’t match the rate of warming and delay breeding, like the roe deer and Columbian ground squirrels, don’t raise as many young.
    — National Geographic, 19 Aug. 2019
  • An increase in trash attracted more ground squirrels and ravens, the latter of which feed on the young of endangered desert tortoises.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
  • On the trail, hikers should keep backpacks and other items within reach lest they be ransacked by bears or the Half Dome ground squirrels.
    — Vanessa Arredondo, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023

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