> > From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/06/08 Sun PM 03:57:35 GMT > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Fun pics > > 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.
They are still prevalent from about here north. Mainly due to shotgun ownership. > > 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. The European ones are the same species as our red squirrel. I've noticed that the coats seem to get darker as the altitude of the habitat increases but properly black genetic sports, called melanistic variants, are quite common also. > > > -----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. > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- 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.
