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noshoesnoshirt
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hither and yon
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Jun 29, 2006 - 09:55pm PT
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Saw a black squirrel in the East Bay area a few months back. Weird looking critter.
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reddirt
climber
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Jun 29, 2006 - 09:56pm PT
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tons of them in washington dc (nw)
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Jun 29, 2006 - 09:59pm PT
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Nor Cal™?
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Jun 29, 2006 - 10:11pm PT
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Most of the squirrels here are red, but there is an East Bay.
Those black squirrels Are cool, though
an tips for attracting hummingbirds besides red water?
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reddirt
climber
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Jun 29, 2006 - 10:19pm PT
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prolly set up a havahart in the alleys of neighborhoods that border rock creek park... but these guys seem kinda urban so I'm not sure if they'd take to a farm.
when I was living in dc I ONLY saw black squirrels in my "hood".
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Ouch!
climber
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Jun 29, 2006 - 10:32pm PT
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Are the black squirrels as good to eat as the southern gray nutcrunchers?
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noshoesnoshirt
climber
hither and yon
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Jun 29, 2006 - 10:33pm PT
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East Bay in Nor Cal, around San Jose.
Sucker ran up a sapling on the sidewalk to escape, but the sapling was only about 7' tall with no other trees around it so I got to study it a bit.
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Ouch!
climber
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Jun 29, 2006 - 10:46pm PT
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Lois, I think I saw one in Wickford, Rhode Island. Back around 1951. We didn't have them where I grew up.
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Kevster
Trad climber
Evergreen, CO
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Jun 30, 2006 - 12:24am PT
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Definately some Black squirrels here in Colorado. They have pointy tufts of fur on their ears and make a bigger than normal racquet when disturbed. One day when we were sitting around at the crag lacking motivation we watched one scamper 30 ft up an overhanging wall to get to a water seep then downclimb headfirst. After witnessing the worlds first 5.20 we decided to call it a day.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Jun 30, 2006 - 12:45am PT
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I think there is a population of those black squirrels around Vail, somewhere in Eagle county I saw them regularly, anyway. They are beautiful. I have big grey ones the size of small cats in my trees in Portola.,
NorCal-Eastbay = East side of the SF bay. Oakland-bezerkly-alameda-Lamorinda. Walnut creek, Alamo Livermore, etc.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jun 30, 2006 - 01:21am PT
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I will now pay more attention to the kinds of squirrels the dogs are chasing.
We don't have the "official" grey squirrels in the Vancouver area, at least not the ones described in Audobon. They live east of Mississippi. But there could be some other kind that is grey but not called grey, that lives here.
I think we have red squirrels in the interior, say around Skaha. It's much drier and warmer there, and the Audobon says they should be there. However, there is another kind, Douglas' squirrel, which is reddish and does live in the Vancouver area.
My Audobon doesn't say anything about squirrels called Black Squirrels - but some seem to be at least somewhat black, at least at some times in the year. (Apparently some change colour, too.) I definitely remember seeing black-looking squirrels, though it seems vaguely un-Canadian.
Heaven knows how we're supposed to tell them all apart. If I can catch a black one, or a pair, I'll FedEx them to Lois - or maybe bring them to the convention. Wouldn't it be nice if the Valley was full of them? Maybe a few grizzlies, too, just to liven the place up.
Anders
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TradIsGood
Trad climber
Gunks end of country
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Jun 30, 2006 - 07:00am PT
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Just capture some gray ones, give them a small sedative, and use hair dye. Release after sedative wears off.
Princeton campus has plenty of black colored squirrels. No ear tufts and not as large as the ones in Ontario, Canada.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Jun 30, 2006 - 08:07am PT
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Grey Squirrels are actually a scourge in a lot of places. In the American river corridor in Sacramento they have been introduced and are pushing out the less aggressive native Red Squirrels.
Yeah, Riley, those little rodents are a plague.
The grey squirrel is a native of North America.
The grey squirrel was introduced in Britain over 100 years ago from America. It has caused numerous problems primarily with the native red squirrel and with the forests.
" Sciurus carolinensis first appeared in the English countryside between 1876 and 1929 having been accidentally released from the London Zoo."
"It was introduced to Ireland in 1909 when guests attending the lavish wedding of Lord Granard and his new bride - the American tobacco heiress Beatrice Ogden Mills - brought a pair (I've read six elsewhere) of grey squirrels over from England as a gift to the lavish reception at Castle Forbes, Co Longford.
They were released into the extensive woodlands of the estate at Newtownforbes, and they have spread like a rampant plague through Irish woodlands, displacing the native red squirrel, which is smaller and more timid.
The greys have dominated the reds because they are bigger, breed more and carry a deadly virus, which they are immune to but which kills the red squirrels."
"Grey squirrels seem to be better adapted to live in deciduous woodland – supplementary feeding can help the red squirrel survive in areas where both species are present. Red squirrels appear to be able to compete more successfully with grey squirrels in coniferous woodland and are less likely to be displaced."
"In Europe, Sciurus carolinensis is considered extremely destructive to native trees and the only native squirrel species, Sciurus vulgaris. The Grey Squirrel has made it to the Invasive Species Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union’s list of “100 of the World’s Worst Invasive Alien Species."
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elcapfool
Big Wall climber
hiding in plain sight
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Jun 30, 2006 - 08:30am PT
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Lois,
Are you aware of the Abert's Squirrel? It is black with fur tufts on the ears like a lynx. They are smaller than a Gray.
I've got a piture to email you, I think it's hilarious, hope you don't find it offensive...
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goatboy smellz
climber
shakedown street
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Jun 30, 2006 - 04:25pm PT
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my ears are itchin
freesoloing...
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jun 30, 2006 - 05:26pm PT
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Black squirrels are quite common on the South East shore of Lake Michigan. They are quite a bit more secretive, clever, and suspicious than your common grey squirrel...
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rradakovits
Sport climber
san diego
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Jun 30, 2006 - 06:20pm PT
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san jacinto squirrel, looks pretty grey to me
sorry about that oversized pic...
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rradakovits
Sport climber
san diego
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Jun 30, 2006 - 06:21pm PT
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oops!!! a bit big, i'll make it smaller if i have the time
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Jun 30, 2006 - 08:08pm PT
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www.tvacres.com/images/rocky_squirrel.jpg
Does that help? not sure what the deal with dot.easy is
or www.tvacres.com/images/rocky_squirrel.jpg
apparently they don't like the hotlink. Above is the address, I could see it before, but its gone now, weird.
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