Melanistic Squirrels in SOMD

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KurtPreston

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Soooo, who else has black squirrels running around thier yard? Has anyone spotted an albino in recent years?

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cattitude

cattitude

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Lots of black squirrels in DC. About 10 years ago, I used to sit in McPherson Park (14th/K) at lunch. I'd get a bag of peanuts and feed the squirrels. There was a white one that would come sit on the bench next to me. I often wonder what happened to him/her.
 
Cowgirl

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We had tons of black squirrels in College Park, but I'd neve seen them in SoMD. There's a town over here (Queenstown) that has several albino squirrels.
 
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HunterJJD

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Clark's landing road or Clarke's landing road has a mess of black ones and St. John's road has a white one

Bethesda only has Black squirrel, never saw a gray one while up there
 
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JEB

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There were a few around Galesville-So. A.A. county.
I heard the gray squirrels are more dominant.
 
Dymphna

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When I worked in Gaithersburg, I never saw grey squirrels there. They were all black.
 
huntr1

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IF I remember the article correctly, the black squirrels are decended from squirrels imported from Pa many years ago due to no or declinging population of, native squirrels.
 
pixiegirl

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huntr1 said:
IF I remember the article correctly, the black squirrels are decended from squirrels imported from Pa many years ago due to no or declinging population of, native squirrels.
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That makes sense. I remember seeing a black one in Harrisburg, PA for the first time when I was 15. They were everywhere and I was in awe. :lol: When I worked at the animal hospital someone trapped and brought in a white one. Not albino just white.
 
Pete

Pete

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pixiegirl said:
That makes sense. I remember seeing a black one in Harrisburg, PA for the first time when I was 15. They were everywhere and I was in awe. :lol: When I worked at the animal hospital someone trapped and brought in a white one. Not albino just white.
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To be a true albino does it have to have pink eyes?
 
Cowgirl

Cowgirl

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huntr1 said:
IF I remember the article correctly, the black squirrels are decended from squirrels imported from Pa many years ago due to no or declinging population of, native squirrels.
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Imported from PA? :lmao: Do they normally stay on their side of the border?! :lmao:
 
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