Re: Re: OT-squirels
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: OT-squirels
- From: S* W*
- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 07:45:32 -0700 (PDT)
--- irischap <irischapman@netscape.net> wrote:
>
> > Greetings!
> >
> > I used to go out of my way to gather Black
> Walnuts for my
> neighborhood
> > squirrels. Many of the nuts would sprout into new
> trees, which is
> just what
> > I
> > wanted. Also, for more information about
> white/black squirrels and
> where
> > they
> > live, try this:
> >
> >
> http://www.roadsideamerica.com/set/squirrels.html
> >
> >
> > ---Jim Kulbacki
> > Cheyenne, Wyoming
> >
> Thanks for site info. The photos of stuffed and
> mounted squirels were
> interesting. The Canadian site is Essex, On, South
> West Ontario.
> Their white squirels are not albino, but a white
> color with black
> eyes, no pink eyed (albino). In the original
> magazine (nature
> Magazine) article they mention Black sqirels as
> being indigenous to
> Southern Ontario. They (black)are very common
> throughout Southern
> Ontario. I would suspect that other black squirel
> locations have
> imported them, as suggested on the web site. I
> understand that there
> are several loctions of albino squirels, but the
> white with black
> eyes are quite rare.
> As an aside, Wiarton Ontario has a groundhog day
> celebration each
> year with "Wiraton Willy", an albino groundhog.
> There have been
> several different Willys and usually an understudy
> is ready, just in
> case. Several years ago they didn't have an
> understudy ready and used
> a stuffed and mounted Willy, which was discovered
> and caused a bit of
> a scandel. Unfortunatly Willy had died over winter
> and it wasn't
> discovered until just before Feb 2nd. They do have a
> replacement in
> place now, a live albino groundhog.
In 1999, I was lucky enough to be accepted as a
fellow in the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship
Foundation Environmental Science program and spent 5
week on campus at Princeton. The black squirrels were
EVERYWHERE on campus. Quite a novelty for a southern
gal used to gray and fox squirrels. Loved to watch
them when we had a free minute.
Shirley
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