A cikin yankuna masu laushi, farkon bazara shine lokaci mafi wuya na shekara ga squirrels saboda kwayoyin da suka binne sun fara farawa (sabili da haka ba a samuwa don ci), yayin da yawancin hanyoyin abinci na yau da kullum ba su samuwa ba tukuna. A wannan lokacin, squirrels sun dogara ne akan buds na bishiyoyi. Squirrels, kasancewa masu cin ganyayyaki, suna cinye tsire-tsire iri iri, da kwayoyi, tsaba, 'ya'yan itace, fungi, da kore. Squirrels, duk da haka, kuma suna cin nama, musamman ma lokacin da suke fama da yunwa. An san squirrels suna cin ƙananan tsuntsaye, ƙananan maciji, da ƙananan kwari, kamar yadda wasu ƙwayoyin tsuntsaye da aka binne sun fara farawa (sabili da haka ba a samuwa don cin abinci), yayin da yawancin hanyoyin abinci na yau da kullum ba su samuwa ba. A gaskiya ma, masana kimiyya sun lura da wani nau'i na squirrel wanda ya ƙunshi nau'i goma sha uku na tsuntsaye da aka kama a cikin ƙasa, kamar yadda aka gano a cikin wani binciken da aka gudanar a shekarar 1920
kwayoyi, tsaba, conifer cones, 'ya'yan itatuwa, fungi, da kore tsire-tsire