The Eastern Gray Squirrel has a dark side. There are scattered pockets of the Eastern Gray Squirrel that are not gray at all but rather totally black.
Just how rare are these black squirrels? It is estimated that less than 1 percent of all the Eastern Gray Squirrels are black.
In This Podcast:
Stan Tekiela,naturalist, author, photographer, public speaker and keeper of
www.naturesmart.com
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Here’s the column
upon which the interview is based.
December 2, 2019
I often enjoy the more common side of nature. The nature in our own backyards or neighborhood park. The nature that we see every day but seems to go unnoticed because it’s so common. For example, the Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). Likely the most common squirrel species the United States and Canada. No matter if you live in the city, suburbs or out in the boondocks, chances are you have Gray Squirrels running around.
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