Will A Squirrel Eat A Chipmunk. And gray squirrels are commonly seen eating road kills. Scientific reports of predation by rodents list gray squirrels as eating other gray squirrels and birds.
Tree squirrels feed mostly on plant material, including seeds, nuts, acorns, tree chipmunk calls:
A squirrel will eat more as winter approaches, in order to build up its body mass enough to sustain it through the long, cold months, whereas a chipmunk eats food stored in its pouches as well as in and around its burrow during that time. Comparison of these two rodents, taking into consideration. Plant matter comprises about 95 percent of their food. I often see chipmunks chasing each other.