Mr Red

[eyeguy 54]

my hyper buddy stopped by for some pics. 

[Grainbelt]

Ever heard of reds and grays mating? I have two grey squirrels with reddish tails that come to the backyard. 

[Mike89]

fox squirrel

[eyeguy 54]

some info

 

http://www.sciencefocus.com/qa/why-do-red-and-grey-squirrels-not-interbreed

[Ufatz]

Fox squirrel and grey squirrel crosses are fairly common.   We have lots of them and we also have some nifty looking all black squirrels. Some are shiny black and some have more grey in them.  The all black ones are very pretty. And of course we have a small herd of red squirrels too but we try to keep them away because they are the little devils that cause damage.

Oh.....and a herd of chipmunks that like to come up on the deck at cocktail time,  walking all over us and waiting for a peanut. Some of them we can (carefully) pet and they just sit on your knee cracking a nut.

 

[Hoey]

Little nut cracker.

[eyeguy 54]

had a black one in the yard for a week last year then didnt see it anymore.  saw one a week ago about 2 blocks away. grays are thick here so they get thinned out quite often. 

 

[Grainbelt]

Thanks for the info eyeguy. We don't have any fox squirrels around here but we had one red running around last summer till the neighbor shot it last fall. 

[Ufatz]

I assume the little red squirrel must have moved in an aggressive manner that lead to the neighbor shooting him. Or perhaps he shot him for food, to feed his sixteen hungry kids.

Surely he did not shoot little red simply for his own amusement?

[delcecchi]

Or perhaps red squirrels had a history of damaging his house and stuff, so he engaged in a preemptive strike.  

[Mike89]

3 hours ago, delcecchi said:

Or perhaps red squirrels had a history of damaging his house and stuff, so he engaged in a preemptive strike.  

those are mean critters!!  and do plenty of damage!!

[roony]

must kill all dirty reds..... We call them Tasmanian devils

[eyeguy 54]

I like the reds. Usually only see 1 or 2 and only once in a while. so they dont get a pellet. 

[roony]

We have had a regular plague of them here. They wreck your buildings and the danger of them starting a fire by chewing on the wires is very real. 

[eyeguy 54]

well thats a good reason to nuke em.  

[Rick G]

46 minutes ago, eyeguy 54 said:

well thats a good reason to nuke em.  

Thought you roasted or smoked all those tree rats...lol. Good eats

[eyeguy 54]

I put small meat chunks in the salsa I give to friends...  lol 

[Grainbelt]

20 hours ago, delcecchi said:

Or perhaps red squirrels had a history of damaging his house and stuff, so he engaged in a preemptive strike.  

 

You hit the nail on the head Del. Plus he terrorized the gray squirrels at every chance, they would see him coming and they would scurry away.

[Grainbelt]

Here are the red tailed grey squirrels. 

[eyeguy 54]

I see them once in a while here also.