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I was just looking out my window for a minute when I saw, right across the street, a tiny red squirrel chasing a big black squirrel! They ran across the roadway, up onto the fence, across the fence and back down onto the lawn of the neighbour!

There are always tons of the black and gray squirrels around here and quite a few of the smaller, faster red squirrels, too but I seldom, if ever, see them interact with one another. I don't have the time right now to go do any serious homework but I think I remember reading that they are actually the same species. Still, seeing them truly play together is a first for me. And it's so cute, especially when it's not on my lawn.... <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

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Shelley how lucky you are to have so many black squirrels and red!
We only mostly gray where I live, but once in awhile will see a red one.
I don't think I have ever seen a black squirrel.
I have seen a couple of white ones (a site!) but they never stay long. I am afraid they are too easy prey for other creatures..

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I never saw a black squirrel in Montreal, where I grew up but here in Toronto, they rule! And they are the biggest of all the squirrels I've seen.


Ok, I just did a bit of homework and here's what I found:

Black squirrels:

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We have both gray and red squirrels. A lot of people around here call the red ones "fox" squirrels. I don't believe I've seen them interact much together though. That must have been pretty fun to watch.


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How fun to see the two interact. We only have red squirrels here. Or at least that is what I've always thought. That is until I read an article in the paper two days ago. It seems we have flying squirrels in Alaska too. I have never seen a flying squirrel here. Now I have to start serching for one.

Rose


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