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Post by chuck41 on Jul 14, 2009 17:18:24 GMT -5
Saw this little guy in front of my camper this afternoon here in Branson. Really neat to see a white one. Even more so to have him stick around for the photo shoot.  |
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Post by whyohe on Jul 14, 2009 18:18:00 GMT -5
thats pretty neat. thats a TRUE albino squirl.
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Post by ozark on Jul 14, 2009 18:37:53 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing Chuck. Very interesting. Never seen one.
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Post by Richard on Jul 14, 2009 19:39:50 GMT -5
Appreciate your sharing the photo Chuck! By the way, have you ever seen black squirrels? We had a section in one of our neighboring towns that had quite a population of them.
Richard
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Post by jims on Jul 14, 2009 21:21:52 GMT -5
Nice photo. We have a good number of "black" grey squirrels here in Celina, Ohio.
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Post by chuck41 on Jul 15, 2009 0:29:01 GMT -5
As a kid we used to go squirrel hunting a lot. Among the fox squirrel population in Louisiana there was a lot of the black ones. Never saw a black one among the gray squirrel population though.
Have you seen a castrated squirrel? My dad told me about them and said that old boar squirrels would gang up on a young male and castrate them. I thought he must have been smoking something strange until I shot a couple that were obviously "geldings". Then saw a big squirrel fight which he told me was a castration in progress. Guess that is one way to eliminate the competition.
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Post by Buckrub on Jul 15, 2009 9:29:20 GMT -5
No, but I've seen a squirrel migration.
Black squirrels are usually dark pigmented hair of the fox squirrel, not the cat squirrel (gray). I've never seen a black cat squirrel. I've seen dozens of black ones though.
That would make one pretty mount, Chuck!!!
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Post by boarhog on Jul 15, 2009 15:21:57 GMT -5
About 4 years ago, I was sitting in the bank drive through waiting my turn. I saw something moving in a couple of pecan trees that were next door to the bank. At first, I thought they were albino squirrels, but as I watched, I realized they were more of a pink or light orange color. Those trees were on the back half of a friends Auto parts/Radiator store, so I drove around to point the squirrels out to my friend. When I asked if he wanted to see something unusual, he asked, "You mean those pink squirrels?" He and his Dad had been watching them for several days. 4 or 5 of them, all the same odd color. One was a bit lighter though. That was the one I thought was albino. Carter was going to try to get some pictures, but later he said he could never get close enough. We watched those things for about 2 weeks while the pecans were falling, then they moved on and haven't been seen again. They were Fox Squirrels
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