Are Black Squirrel Common Where You Live?(pic)

[buzzlady]

Black squirrels aren't very common where I live (NJ) but there is one area that we pass through quite frequently that I have seen a black squirrel. We were going through that area today so I took my camera.

 

[jx3smom]

They were seen quite often on the campus of the University of Maryland when my son went there. That is the only place that I've ever seen them.

 

[Bichon Barb]

I love squirrels!

 

[grinningghost]

Honestly, I don't think I've ever seen one, but I don't know if there are any around here. I did have a gray squirrel try to attack me once. I was on a swing and he jumped up to bite my feet. I jumped off the swing and ran like heck. He chased me about 100 yards until my friend's grandpa started beating him with a baseball bat.

The squirrel was probably rabid, but man, what an experience! My DD still doesn't believe me when I tell that story.

 

[luvmarypoppins]

We have seen them in another town not to far from us here in metro ny. Its the only place I have seen them, and our ds laugh because they are usually only on one corner of a certain block.

 

[helenabear]

We have them in this part of the neighborhood. Some of my friends thought I was pulling their leg about black squirrels until they came to my house and saw one. I think they are cute & beautiful

 

[buzzlady]

Originally posted by luvmarypoppins
We have seen them in another town not to far from us here in metro ny. Its the only place I have seen them, and our ds laugh because they are usually only on one corner of a certain block.

That is exactly how it is with these squirrels. The pictures above are of two different squirrels. We find each one in the exact same place each time.

 

[Tinkerbutt]

Wow! No we just have red ones..that is pretty neat!

 

[epcotfan]

Tons of black squirrels in Toronto.

 

[Pugdog007]

We do not have African American squirrels in Alabama.

 

[nativetxn]

We have lots of these squirrels in Mid-Michigan. They are a type of grey squirrel, I believe.

 

[Bichon Barb]

Lots of them in Syracuse too. But you don't see red squirrels around here. We were just in Gloucester MA camping. I saw red critters that looked like a cross between a common gray squirrel and a chipmunk. I'm assuming they were red squirrels????

Oh, and you could hear them up in the trees. They sounded like rattlesnakes. LOL.

 

[jipsy]

I was told that a pair of black squirrels were brought to the NE from Japan and that is how they started in this area.

 

[CJMickeyMouse]

We have them in Iowa. I have heard people say that the red/brown ones and the black ones do not get along at all.

 

[Patty3]

Nope, just grey ones in my area.

 

[Scratch42]

Originally posted by Pugdog007
We do not have African American squirrels in Alabama.

We do have a lot of them in Toronto!

Scratch

 

[Virgo10]

Wow, that is so cool! I never knew there were black squirrels. We only have grey ones here. I've also seen red squirrels but not for a long time.

Thanks for the great pictures!

Roberta

 

[froglady]

Originally posted by Scratch42


We do have a lot of them in Toronto!

Scratch

That's where I first saw them, in Queen's park. There was one we called the "waving" squirrel; if you were feeding them peanuts, he would wave until you tossed one his way.

Southern squirrels are very scrawny and ratty looking; my daughter is always going on about how cute the ones in PA are; her classmates don't get it.

 

[bcvprincesses]

We have a ton of them in Michigan. We have two that sit on our fence and tease our dalmation. I have to let her out to chase them at least five times a day.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Only grey here in Missouri!