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Forum participants report few squirrels and chipmunks in summer 2023

Also Beaver Island squirrel absence drought 2023

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TypeEvent
Dates2023-08-14 – 2023-08-15
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
2023-08-14 – 2023-08-15
Kind
Wildlife observation
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
ecologywildlifeweather
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

In August 2023, a Beaver Island Forum participant reported seeing few or no squirrels and chipmunks that year. Another participant suggested drought as a possible explanation.

Evidence limits

The exchange contains no survey area, observation effort, population baseline, weather data, or independent causal analysis. It should not be used to establish an island-wide wildlife decline or drought.

Sources

  1. One participant noted an absence of squirrels and chipmunks that year; another replied “Drought.” This is a very limited local observation and an unverified causal suggestion, not a wildlife count, species survey, or meteorological drought record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 17 · t017893

Added 10 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Forum participants report few squirrels and chipmunks in summer 2023”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-squirrel-chipmunk-absence-observation-2023/, accessed [date], citing douglascurtisedgar and TaniaRH, “Squirrels,” Beaver Island Forum, August 14–15, 2023..

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