Subject: EASTERN GRAY SQUIRRELS (BLACK PHASE) IN AND NEAR VANCOUVER, B.C.
Date: Mar 24 07:36:01 2000
From: Kelly Mcallister - mcallkrm at dfw.wa.gov




On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, WAYNE WEBER wrote:

> Grays are rapidly displacing the native Douglas Squirrel from forested
> urban areas, as well as occupying some areas that never had enough
> trees for Douglas Squirrels, and we can look forward to Eastern Grays
> becoming a widespread pest.

I'm not seeing Douglas Squirrels much around Thurston and Pierce counties. Their call used to be
commonly heard almost anywhere in the forested environments of Thurston County. I hesitate to
blame the Eastern Gray Squirrels but there is no question that the number and distribution of
Eastern Gray Squirrels has increased in this region over the past 20 years.

Kelly McAllister
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
mcallkrm at dfw.wa.gov