Re: [SBB] special visitor

[Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]>]

Folks:

Local melanistic squirrels are a color variant of the eastern gray squirrel.

Bill

At 12:23 PM 7/30/2006, Richard Cimino wrote:
>Isn't there a population of Black Squirrel in Palo Alto?
>Rich Cimino
>Pleasanton
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]>
> > To: Nancy Teater <[[email protected]]>; <[[email protected]]>
> > Date: 7/30/2006 8:49:28 AM
> > Subject: Re: [SBB] special visitor
> >
> > At 01:09 AM 7/30/2006, Nancy Teater wrote:
> >
> > >About two years ago, a COHA swooped down on a black squirrel (melanistic
> > >western gray) in our back yard, surprising both the squirrel and human
> > >observers.
> >
> > Our urban squirrels are eastern gray squirrels, an import (like most
> > of us).  The western grays, seen in the Santa Cruz Mountains are
> > larger and generally show little or no tan or rufous and have bushier
>tails.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> >
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