http://mybackyard.blogsome.com/2008/04/29/mutant-threatening-to-wipe-out-grey-squirrel/ Observations of my world, especially the wildlife in my back yard, including squirrels, blue jays, chickadees, sparrows, woodpeckers, cardinals, and my husband Iggy Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:38:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://mybackyard.blogsome.com/2008/04/29/mutant-threatening-to-wipe-out-grey-squirrel/#comment-1166 Sat, 03 May 2008 20:07:07 +0100 http://mybackyard.blogsome.com/2008/04/29/mutant-threatening-to-wipe-out-grey-squirrel/#comment-1166 This is the first time I've heard that squirrels of different color vary in any way other than color. I always thought being a different color made it harder for them to survive because they lack camouflage. This is the first time I’ve heard that squirrels of different color vary in any way other than color. I always thought being a different color made it harder for them to survive because they lack camouflage.

]]> http://mybackyard.blogsome.com/2008/04/29/mutant-threatening-to-wipe-out-grey-squirrel/#comment-1164 Sat, 03 May 2008 12:11:07 +0100 http://mybackyard.blogsome.com/2008/04/29/mutant-threatening-to-wipe-out-grey-squirrel/#comment-1164 I saw this article and was fascinated, as we've never seen black squirrels or even heard of them up in Scotland. We have seen a white squirrel though and there's supposed to be a colony of them near Edinburgh. How do the whites compare to the grey's for competitiveness etc? I saw this article and was fascinated, as we’ve never seen black squirrels or even heard of them up in Scotland. We have seen a white squirrel though and there’s supposed to be a colony of them near Edinburgh. How do the whites compare to the grey’s for competitiveness etc?

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