Blackish Squirrel

[carolina73]

90% of the pictures of black squirrels I get on my trail cams are just midair black streaks, lol.

Ours are Kunta Kinte black

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You will not see anything else on the Golf courses here.

[carolina73]

BSLM. Cancel Michelin!

[donttread]

There is a full on black squirrel that bounces around down the street a lot. It was the first time I ever saw one. Did not know they even existed.
Pitch black.

Striking aren't they? Odd color for a day critter though

[donttread]

My cats drug on in about three years ago. Hid behind the refrigerator.
I locked up the cats and shooed her out.
She hopped like a frog. very odd.

My mother put a big pan over it and slowly slid it to the door and I saw another one once on our screen on the porch. Huge eyes, which of course makes sense. I never got to see one move on the ground so I don't know if that is normal for them or not.

[DGUtley]

There are black squirrels in Palo Alto. You see them up and down San Antonio Road: not dark grey, jet black. I had never seen one before then.

Black squirrels were brought to Kent State University in 1961 by Larry Wooddell, who was the grounds superinten-dent, and “Biff” Staples, a retired Davey Tree employee. They called the mission “Operation Black Squirrel”.
https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-ro...ctober2013.pdf


Ten black squirrels were trapped in Canada and released onto the Kent State University grounds in 1961. Now hundreds of the furry rodents inhabit the city of Kent and surrounding areas and have become the unofficial mascot of Kent State. “I think the first time it is rather jarring to see an entire campus with black furry things,” said Heather White, manager of campus environment and operations at Kent State. “But it is a point of pride.”

The black squirrel is a variety of the eastern gray squirrel. This variation was much more common before the 16^th century since their color helped them camouflage in the dense forests of North America before trees were cleared for agriculture which made them easily seen. They were killed off and their gray counterparts thrived. Kent State became home to the squirrels after grounds superintendent Larry Woodell and his friend “Biff” Staples negotiated with Canadian wildlife authorities to capture ten squirrels and bring them to the University in order to preserve the species.


After over 50 years, the black squirrels have become famous. KSU celebrates the bushy-tailed creatures with the Black Squirrel Festival every year in September.

https://blacksquirrelsofkent.wordpress.com/


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[jet57]

Black squirrels were brought to Kent State University in 1961 by Larry Wooddell, who was the grounds superinten-dent, and “Biff” Staples, a retired Davey Tree employee. They called the mission “Operation Black Squirrel”.
https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-ro...ctober2013.pdf


Ten black squirrels were trapped in Canada and released onto the Kent State University grounds in 1961. Now hundreds of the furry rodents inhabit the city of Kent and surrounding areas and have become the unofficial mascot of Kent State. “I think the first time it is rather jarring to see an entire campus with black furry things,” said Heather White, manager of campus environment and operations at Kent State. “But it is a point of pride.”

The black squirrel is a variety of the eastern gray squirrel. This variation was much more common before the 16^th century since their color helped them camouflage in the dense forests of North America before trees were cleared for agriculture which made them easily seen. They were killed off and their gray counterparts thrived. Kent State became home to the squirrels after grounds superintendent Larry Woodell and his friend “Biff” Staples negotiated with Canadian wildlife authorities to capture ten squirrels and bring them to the University in order to preserve the species.


After over 50 years, the black squirrels have become famous. KSU celebrates the bushy-tailed creatures with the Black Squirrel Festival every year in September.

https://blacksquirrelsofkent.wordpress.com/


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They're black as coal out here.


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