EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Basically they live in deciduous forest. Every place that has a forest or some trees can potentially become a squirrel habitat. Some squirrels prefer coniferous forests, others live in mixed or deciduous forests.

Detailed explanation-2: -They den in tree cavities, grottoes or rock crevices on cliffs, and cave ledges. Some also build globular nests high in trees where branches join the trunk. Nests are made of leaves, shredded bark, mosses, or lichens.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most squirrel nests are called dreys, and consist of clumped-together collections of leaves, twigs, bark, moss, and other compressed materials. They look like small, round bulbs of leaves bunched together. Squirrels usually build their dreys into tree cavities or around tree branches that are 20 feet high or higher.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer. A drey is the nest of a tree squirrel or a flying squirrel. Dreys are usually built of twigs, dry leaves, and grass, and typically assembled in the forks of a tall tree.