Subject: Michigan squirrels
Date: Mar 13 15:49:42 2000
From: Wile, Mike - mike.wile at attws.com


I have seen black ones in Vancouver, as well as in Chicago. In Minneapolis,
we had white ones.
Mike Wile
(425) 580-7704
(425) 503-5766 (cell)

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> From: Kraig,Eric[SMTP:kraige at oclc.org]
> Reply To: kraige at oclc.org
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 3:46 PM
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: RE: Michigan squirrels
>
>
> I agree with what several other Tweets have said, that Nick was seeing Fox
> Squirrels rather than Eastern Grays - the foxes are bigger, with more buff
> underneath. The Eastern Gray Squirrels back there come in two color
> morphs,
> gray and black, with frequencies varying in different locations. I
> remember
> in East Lansing, MI, the proportion seemed about 50-50. And as Jacki
> mentioned, across the river(s) in Windsor or Sarnia, nearly all are black.
> I've never seen a black Eastern Gray in our introduced populations out
> here,
> but I think that there may be some up in B.C.?
>
> I remember visiting the town of Olney, IL back in the sixties, where most
> of
> the "gray" squirrels were pure white. I've heard that they're gradually
> reverting to gray there, though. Too bad.
>
> Eric Kraig
> Olympia, WA
> mailto:kraige at oclc.org
>