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White squirrels are everywhere - even Charlestown
By adamg on Tue, 12/05/2017 - 12:26pm
Ryan spotted this white squirrel in Charlestown today. Of course, the question is whether the critter is a townie or a toonie who wandered over from the West End or the Public Garden.
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THIS IS NUTS!!!
Gentrification is getting out of hand.
I live in Charlestown, and
I live in Charlestown, and have seen a white squirrel both last year and this year (never more than one at a time, and not too often, and not terribly distant from other sightings, so I can't swear there's more than one).
Not as rare, but there are also a handful of black and dark brown squirrels in the area.
Blame the realtors
The black and brown squirrels were probably moved in by speculative real estate investors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbusting
Adorable!
Spy vs Spy
We had an all-black squirrel in our Charlestown yard. (I'd upload a picture but I'm html illiterate.)
Melanistic Squirrel
I've seen some of those around. Didn't register at first because squirrels are all black like that where I grew up.
Perhaps their coloration is less important so the unusual ones are surviving?
Great band name
And I didn't know black squirrels have their own wikip page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_squirrel
We had one
here in East Arlington but I didn’t see it this year, and I fear its poor camouflage might be to blame :(
Red Squirrel.
Where are any sightings of the Red Squirrel ?
Several white squirrels can
Several white squirrels can be spotted near the Bunker Hill Monument. Have seen a few each year, often one or two at a time.