Rare squirrel is doorstep visitor

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The black squirrel is a form of the grey variety


A rare black squirrel has become a regular visitor to a suburban garden.

Carol Eade said she first spotted the squirrel in her garden at Stevenage, Hertfordshire, on Saturday.

Conservationists say the animal - a melanistic form of the grey variety - is unusual but at least one cluster of them is known in Cambridgeshire.

Mrs Eade said when she found the squirrel sitting on her step when she opened her door on Saturday morning she thought it was a pet.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4365002.stm

[LisaL]

1. There is a black squirrel running around my neighborhood.

[wildhorses]

2. cute little critter

[In_The_Wind]

3. I've seen Black Squirrels in Bronx, NY.

They are very cute.

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4. Black squirrels are not that uncommon.

It's just so happens that they're rare in England (or at least that part of England).

There are parts of the US where the squirrels have been introduced to the wild and are fairly common. There's one living in my neighbors yard and FTR, there's not that many squirrels in my neighborhood to begin with.

http://www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/wildlife/index.php?subject=Mammals&id=21

[Magrittes Pipe]

5. Black squirrels are way cool against a backdrop of snow.

There's a bunch of 'em running around the Springfield, OH area.

[Fox Mulder]

6. I've seen the black and red variety in Nisswa, MN.

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7. I belive the red ones are fox squirrels.

no pun intended on your username. :)

[Arugula Latte]

8. I saw many black squirrels when I lived on the East Coast.

Washington, D.C., specifically.

[Rosie1223]

9. White Squirrels

Olney, Illiniois Home of White Squirrels

http://www.scarysquirrel.org/vacation/olney/amanda1.html



Rosie

[MarsThe Cat]

10. my parents lived in Elgin IL, (pretty far from olney)

and last year they had 3 albino squirrels hanging around the yard.(my dad is very big into feeding rats with furry tails)

[distantearlywarning]

11. We have thousands of those here in Western PA.

I see those running around all the time. They're cuter than the gray/brown ones.

[DemoTex]

12. White Squirrel Festival, Brevard, NC (not albino squirrels, either)

http://www.whitesquirrelfestival.com/

[grace0418]

13. There are tons of them in Saugatuck, Michigan. And I've even seen

a few around my place in Chicago.