Gloridaze
I was visiting Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada when I stopped to take some photos in a park. On my way back to the car, I saw this black squirrel. This is an unusual sight for me as we have only brown and grey squirrels in our part of Canada. Black squirrels are the result of a rare mutation of the fox squirrel and the eastern grey squirrel.
Here is and interesting historical note about black squirrels. At the turn of the twentieth century during President Roosevelt’s term, 18 Canadian black squirrels were released in the National Zoo in Washington, DC. As a result the black squirrel population in the area and on the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral has increased significantly and accounts for half of the squirrel population in the area.
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What color squirrels do you see in your area?
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Grey
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Brown
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Black
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None
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So cute! I am rarely able to take a photo of a squirrel.
They have taken over my backyard but I only take photos of the funny ones.
Do they run away when you are out? Or are they used to people?
Some do some don’t I guess it depends on how close you get to them.
Beautiful squirrel, love it. We don’t have these in New Zealand
Thank you. You will be sure to see them when you visit North America
We have grey squirrel here
We have both the grey and the brown ones – the grey ones are larger.
I only see brown squirrels in our place.
We have the brown and grey ones here.
We usually have more gray than any other. I have seen a black one.
I only see the black ones when I travel
He was a very tame squirrel so it was easy to get the photo
Squirrels of all colors live in our area, my friend … I don’t believe you painted that squirrel so close up
Unlike the ones at home this one was quite tame so it wasn’t difficult to snap a photo up close.
You got a great picture … you don’t get anywhere near that … they are pretty wild and colorful