It's a red squirrel, not native to the US I believe. They used to be the normal squirrels here in Britain but feral greys from America have mostly outcompeted them and they are found in few places now - mainly Scottish pine forests, with a few enclaves in the rest of Britain.
I can't remember ever seeing a red squirrel in the wild in Britain, but in Vatra Dornei, Romania, I saw plenty of black squirrels, which looked similar to reds (tufty ears etc). A black variant of the American grey is on the rise in England at the moment - natural selection doing its thing again. http://www.bbc.co.uk/theoneshow/article/2008/05/eh_blacksquirrel.shtml Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bob Sullivan > Sent: 08 June 2008 15:55 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Fun pics > > Don, > Fun pictures and a very red-brown squirrel. > My neighborhood is full of more grey colored squirrels. > Most are grey, some are brown-grey, and ONE is black !?! > They are not tame, but come visit for the bird seed we put out. > I enjoyed the long, bristley hairs sticking up behind the > ears on yours. > We don't have that either. > Regards, Bob S. > > > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/don.donwilliams/Nutkin > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
