Squirrels food?

When a squirrel buries its food for the winter how does it know where it is buried,does it remember or do they bury that much that they can't go wrong.


I know they are vermin and should be culled but my kids love them.Squirrels food?
!. smell. Watch them in the winter smelling the ground looking for their buried food.


2. They can not aways find it. I don't know if they are smelling for their food or the scent they left when they buried it but you will find new plants in the spring come up from a small pile of buried seed. They are no more vermin than wild flowers are weeds. If you like them they are warm fuzzy animals, if you don't they are smelly, diseased vermin.Squirrels food?
Squirrels are not vermin, they are food! Prepare properly do taste very good.

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It is not the fault of the Grey squirrel, that it was introduced to the U.K. Do not cull it. I feed the birds with all the left over parrot food, the squirrel get plenty to. They do not have to bury it because it is always plentiful.
the red ones are cute, its the american ones we should cull as they are killing our red ones.
they have defined areas where they bury nuts,in some woods if you watch you will also see jays burying nuts in the same area as long as they both find some i would call it mutual sharing
It is my understanding that Squirrels do not know where they bury/hide food. So if that is true I guess they just eat the food they find.. that may be some that another Squirrel hid.
I don't think squirrels are vermin - they don't need to be culled. I live next to a park so I get squirrels in my garden, they are absolutely adorable. I love watching them and they are so clever. The squirrel cleans each nut or seed that he buries. This leaves a scent so he knows where to find it, even if it is buried under a blanket of snow. But they don't dig up everything they bury. :)
Sqirrels and nuthatches and jays rely on visual memory to locate buried stash, based on the placement of trees, rocks and even small stones in the vicinity. Squirrels then use their extremely keen sense of smell to locate precisely. When burying a nut, squirrels nibble out the embryo part which prevents further growth.


Red and grey squirrels occupy different habitats, The greys preferring deciduous woods and a more omnivorous opportunistic feeding behaviour. The reds prefer coniferous forests and are adapted to feeding on pine cones. The two species are not in direct competition and the only justification for culling greys would be for endangering other wildlife or plants by their large numbers.
they jest know were to find it when they want to get it
they can smell it