tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post5196205428116144083..comments2024-03-13T19:28:05.813-04:00Comments on Ohio Birds and Biodiversity: Gray Squirrels also come in blackJim McCormachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-67003085404703170202022-03-13T21:07:55.787-04:002022-03-13T21:07:55.787-04:00There's plenty of documentation about Kent'...There's plenty of documentation about Kent's black squirrels being brought from Canada. <br />This is handy:<br /><br />https://blacksquirrelsofkent.wordpress.com/Ray Novotnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474534080749552176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-31814393671301186162016-06-23T08:18:02.609-04:002016-06-23T08:18:02.609-04:00I was sitting watching the squirrles this morning ...I was sitting watching the squirrles this morning and thought i saw a black one, i live in Newark, ohio.. caught me off gaurd, i didnt think they exsited.. i am originally from Columbus, ohio and never seen one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00050500781095824390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-26896564713223381912013-03-25T19:08:35.236-04:002013-03-25T19:08:35.236-04:00The Canadian connection makes a lot of sense. I r...The Canadian connection makes a lot of sense. I remember almost nothing BUT the black fellows growing up in Northern Ontario, and seeing only a few when my family moved to SE Michigan. The farther away you get from the border/rivers, the rarer they become. Port Huron has an absolute ton of them, as does the east side of Detroit, while the suburbs have next to none. You can also find them in Buffalo but almost none in Rochester!Brent Krydahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456956932831123524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-12913392312553732412013-03-25T18:26:31.036-04:002013-03-25T18:26:31.036-04:00Jim, all last summer I saw one or two black squirr...Jim, all last summer I saw one or two black squirrels in the boggy woodlot on the south side of the bike trail on west OSU campus just east of the cornfields. Just recently spotted one there again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-21687073381410066422013-03-25T17:49:41.359-04:002013-03-25T17:49:41.359-04:00Lucky you, Amy G.! Living in a robust enclave of m...Lucky you, Amy G.! Living in a robust enclave of melanistic squirrels! And you oughta film some of those slip sliding squirrels that you've outwitted and expose them on YouTube!Jim McCormachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-34251946185281727762013-03-25T13:10:55.396-04:002013-03-25T13:10:55.396-04:00I love the black squirrels! So much more interesti...I love the black squirrels! So much more interesting to look at than their brown friends. We have a lot of them in Lakewood, OH.<br /><br />I've been know to spray the Shepard's hook that my bird feeder hangs on with WD-40 to keep the squirrels and chipmunks away. It's pretty hilarious to see them sliding down the pole over and over looking quite stumped :)hammykghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18363504221959285546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-45426367335694685582013-03-24T23:16:33.807-04:002013-03-24T23:16:33.807-04:00I have seen photos of such squirrels, Andrew, but ...I have seen photos of such squirrels, Andrew, but never in person. It would be cool to gain access to such a colony and make photos of them.Jim McCormachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-89844022369087066882013-03-24T23:11:13.061-04:002013-03-24T23:11:13.061-04:00The theory about black squirrels blending in bette...The theory about black squirrels blending in better in a primeval forest reminds me of the black squirrels that lived in Mirkwood in The Hobbit! Maybe Tolkien got it right. :)rebeccahttp://rebeccainthewoods.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-75970624773289324752013-03-24T23:07:22.988-04:002013-03-24T23:07:22.988-04:00The neighborhood in which my grandparents live in,...The neighborhood in which my grandparents live in, in Marion, Indiana has (perhaps had at this point, it's been a number of years) a population of melanistic grey squirrels...but with an extra special touch. The last 4-5 inches of their tails are completely blonde; as if they were dipped in whitish-yellow paint. I wish I had photographs to back up this claim but I've yet to see anything else like them anywhere. I never saw more than a few but it only took seeing them once to tattoo the image of black squirrels with blonde tails in your hear!Andrew Lane Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01555125434346996812noreply@blogger.com