This afternoon, I had a busy Open House in Chevy Chase. And between the human visitors, I spotted this little guy on a tree right outside of the kitchen window. I happened to have my fancy camera with me, and figured out how to make it take a bunch of shots one after the other. And this is my favorite of a series of the squirrel leaving the tree and running along the top of the fence.
These are called "melonistic" squirrels. They are all black, and they are found all over Chevy Chase.
Hi Patricia. I don't think I have ever seen a black squirrel. Very different.
Good morning Patricia,
It is always interesting to watch a squirrel go from one point to the next especially with these two in tow!
Make yourself a great day.
Glad to hear you had a busy open house in Chevy Chase but still had time to smell the roses or in this case observe the squirrels.
We have a black squirrel, or maybe several lol, and also albino ones too!
Hi Pat - Nice photo. When we lived in the mountains, we had a lot of black tufted-ear squirrels - they look very similar, except for the ears.
Sybil, it's great that I remembered to bring my good camera to my Open House.
Inna, ours are mostly gray or tan. The black ones are running all over Chevy Chase, and once I saw a pure white albino squirrel.
Kerry, at least the squirrels don't try all that hard to come indoors! Actually, my cats do a great job of scaring them off.
Debbie, I just clicked the link you set, and it's too bad they can't figure out a mutation to keep human hair from turning gray!
Jay, I once had an all black cat whose name was Melon. Nobody scooped her though.
I have some of these at our cabin in northern Minnesota...Always enterrtaining
Patricia that is a great shot. We do not get to see many black squirrels around here.
Until recently, I had never seen an all black squirrel. However, recently, I've seen 2 in my area. They must have hitch-hiked somehow, to Sacramento.
Good morning Pat. Have never seen a black squirrel. Thanks for sharing the photo.
Patricia - we see them in Westchester NY as well although not as many as the brown squirrels.
I have never seen a black squirrel. Ours are all grey and they wander around our yard all year...
Great shot!!!!!! I have never seen a black or white squirrel before. In my neck or the woods, I have to settle for coyotes and cottontails with the occasional rattlesnake at my backdoor during the warm(er) season.
Raymond E. Camp those two look to comfortable to get off the couch for any reason.
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