Does a skunk migrate

Answer 1

Squirrels do not usually migrate, but there have been incidences of squirrel migrations.

September 1803, during the Lewis and Clark expedition Meriwether Lewis noted a migration on the Ohio River. He recorded: "I made my dog take as many [squirrels] each day as I had occasion for. I thought them when fryed a pleasant food." He thought they were moving south because of the weather as they were swimming from northwest to southeast. He observed the phenomenon of migration for several days.

In 1811, Charles Joseph Labrobe wrote of a vast squirrel migration that autumn in Ohio.

Squirrel migrations across the upper Midwest, New England, and the Carolinas were observed in 1809, 1819, 1842, 1852, and 1856.

In southeastern Wisconsin in 1842, a gray squirrel migration lasted four weeks and involved nearly a half billion squirrels.

Robert Kennicott in 1846 said "it took a month for the mess of squirrels to pass through the area."

One of the earliest recorded migrations occurred in 1749 in Pennsylvania.

In September 1881, another large migration occurred near Reelfoot Lake:

In the October 1885, it was reported: "Where the million of squirrels have come from, or what extent of country could ever produce so many, is the question....

A similar migration of squirrels occurred in 1877.

Migrations occur mostly during the month of September .

One occurred in 1968 in most of the eastern U.S and one in the Mid-South was in the fall of 1998.

Migrations are probably due to over population and lack of food.

Answer 2

If you are asking whether they move from a state with a cold climate to a warmer state, they generally do not. They are territorial creatures, and once they find a place to get food and raise their young, they tend to stay in that area, even if the weather gets stormy and cold. Skunks build a den and in bad weather, they will hibernate with other skunks, leaving their den when they need to find food. But if you are asking whether a skunk will only stay in one area, the answer is they are willing to find a new territory, especially if their current environment becomes inhospitable (not enough food, too many predators, humans who set traps for them, etc). But while skunks will move on, they generally do not travel extremely long distances if they don't have to.