SQUIRRELS?????

[5465]

saw the most amazing looking squirrel yesterday morning. i was driving home yesterday morning on my way home from work and right before i got to my driveway i saw this little black thing jump out in the road, yes i said black. well when i first seen it my first thoughts were crow, for i was still a little distance away at that time. boy was i wrong it was a freaking squirrel. to top it all off it was a squirrel which was solid black from the tip of it's nose to it's butt and had a red tail. no, i was not drinking. i reached over in the passenger seat of my truck to get my camera but he had made it up on the bank and out of sight before i could snap a pic this is the first time i have ever seen a squirrel of this color, i mean in looked like a tiny cat with it's tail on fire but it was a squirrel. now i have video footage of 2 albino squirrels and have seen 1 solid black one, but never a squirrel like this. i know the albino and solid black is very rare and i feel fortunate to have been able to see one, and i have seen many red/gray mix squirrels before. how rare is this type of double coloration? and has anyone else seen this same thing or something similar?

 

[simplesimon]

I think you were drinking and do not want to fess up!

I have seen both albino and black ones but have not seen any with a red tail. I still think you had one too many.

 

[SCOFFIN]

I'm originally from Southern Iowa and black squirrels are not all that uncommon down there. You actually see all 3 colors of them in that section of the state. I have yet to see anything other than the normal brown squirrel in central Iowa.

 

[T-T-TurdyPointBuck]

I have seen a squirle with a white tail and of course your regular colored ones but i have seen an albino or all black one.

 

[NWBuck]

Around my dad's place in NW Iowa the blackies are nearly as common as the fox squirrels. Very cool looking.

NWBuck

 

[alaskanwhtail]

If its right by your drive way, hunt it and get a pic for us, never new you had a passion for small fury animals...

 

[Crockett]

RELAX ! I have seen a black squirrel with a red tail! Only once ,but it was a cool color match.

 

[deadeye]

In our area blacks have run the red out for the most part. I see a black squirrel with a red tail about everytime out. They are fairly common. Never thought of taking a pic and posting it. After all its only a squirrel. Maybe nextime.

 

[River1]

Black with a red tail huh. He'd make my record book.

I love hunting squirrels with my longbow. My father inlaws property has a rediculous amount of squirrels. There is a black one with white ear tips there that has become sort of a quest for me. I have visited his hangout for the last 3 January's. I collected some of his tail hair on a Judo tip once. On one of my last visits I hit a branch he was sitting on and knocked him out of the tree. That was the last time I've been able to get within 20 yards of him. He is a little shy now

It's getting personal.

I have an opening on my wall, just for "White Ears".

 

[Kat]

Up until two years ago the only black squirrels I've ever seen have been townies, but now I see a few in the woods where I hunt. Never seen one with a red tail though. That would be cool.

 

[huntn4life88]

in decatur county ive seen a few with white on them never all white and while in D.C. this past April while at the zoo i saw 3 different black squirrels, once which tryed to run up my leg to get some food so he defentally wasnt your typical iowa hunted squirrel. lol

huntn4life88

 

[CamoMan]

Sure he is a typical squirrel. He ran up your leg because he was gathering _____(you can mentally fill in the blanks).

 

[huntn4life88]

huntn4life88

or he could have been a not so straight squirrel n been look to get at my -----------------(ahem)