Black Squirells return!

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I have not seen a black squirell for I'd bet 20 years. Until today! I saw 3 of them while hauling bails back from back hayfield. They are about the same size as the red ones but coal black. Kinda look like a mini-fisher really cool. I'll go back out with camera and see if I can get them to pose for me. If they cooperate I'll post pics later.

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We use to see black phase grey squirells in western Massachusetts when we lived there. They were neat to see

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When I lived in Battle Creek, I used to see them all the time.  Where I live now, I hardly ever see a squirrel, and I live out in the country!  I only have two oak trees in my property.

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all the black squirrels i see are color variations of the grays. nothing as small as a red. maybe they are this years litter?

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When I spent some time working in Northern Indiana a few yrs back....I believe it was Elk Hart....that we got to seeing a  bunch of black squirrels which I had not ever seen....they were huge....really made the power lines bow and shake when they ran them. Here in Ky...I have had one squirrel That I had seen for 2yrs...up until this last gun season that had a black face and some more black on his back.

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We have some black fox squirrels here and they do get huge!

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We have some black fox squirrels here and they do get huge!

That's interesting!  Around here, all the black squirrels I have seen are smaller than the red fox squirrels.  Those can get quite bit, especially if they live at a suburban park, etc.  There are quite a few oak trees at the Capital grounds in Lansing, MI.  The fox squirrels there were huge!

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Well they were a bit bashful or camera shy. The black squirells around here are small like our red ones. They each are just a little bigger than a chipmunk. They each have ear tufts about 1/2 long above the ear tips. Their tails are nearly as big as their bodies. The grey's here are a little larger but not a big as the brown's down south and the rex fox squirells you have mentioned would look like giants compared to these. You'd be hard pressed to find a black or red than weighs 2 pounds here. I'll continue to "shutter" hunt until I get one, as time permits.

I got to get back after them yotes they have had enough free time.
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Very cool Dutch! Nice to see something come back into the area for sure.

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my son caught a black squirrel in a live trap a few days ago.  He had set the trap, 'cause something was getting into his garden.  I told him just to bring it out to my place and release it.  I have seen it a couple of times since the release, but I imagine it has already moved out from our area.

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I have not seen any black phase gray squirrels around my part of Virginia but I have shot a couple almost white ones.