Here in the Boston area we have red, grey, and quite a few black squirrels. The black ones are new in the last ten years or so. I've heard that they are a mutation of the grey squirrels, other than color, no difference.
The red squirells were also "new" in the sense that they grey squirrels had driven them out years ago, or so I was told, but have somehow made a come back. I had been told that the grey squirrels are much more aggressive than the red ones, but people who have red squirrels in abundance say the opposite. The red squirrels are definitely smaller than the grey squirrels, at least around here. They seem to go a little "crazy" in the fall, and so do the chipmunks -- always dashing from nowhere in front of cars, or stopping for a bite to eat in the middle of the road and not moving for *anything* -- it's a wonder any of these species survive! Regards, Carolyn PS so much of what I wrote above is "I've been told ..." so I did a little looking it up -- apparently the "Black squirrels are a variety of the eastern grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis And one town, Council Bluffs, IA claims to have had black squirrels since the 1840's (so much for appearing in the last ten years ...). For those of you who are interested, there are also White Squirrels -- the photo of the little rodent is very cute -- but I haven't time to get into that! Carolyn Hastings Stow, MA USA > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Webwalker > Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 9:21 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [lace-chat] Black Squirrels > > > I live in NE Ohio -- about 60 miles in from both the N and E borders. > About 20 years ago, a community of black squirrels were living about > 20 miles north of here--and were prevalent. No one I knew had ever > seen black squirrels before. Now there are black squirrels where I > live--both black and brown. > > Do any of you have black squirrels, and if so, do you know if they > drive out the other squirrels? > > Susan Webster > Canton, Ohio > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the > line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
