Surprised to see an Albino squirrel ! ! !

[trolley]

US grey, naturally. We don’t have any reds around here- or indeed most of England.
And as someone said they’re not albino but leucistic

 

[tomcat]

Go to Brevard, NC and you will see a lot of white ones. We have a small house we inherited up there and we see one in the yard every so often while visitng.

I was going to say the same thing. White squirrels are very common in Brevard.

 

[TomSavage]

Here is a 13 year old picture of an Olney white squirrel. They were easy to find in City Park 13 years ago. This was shot with a D7000 and an 18-200mm zoom. It would be fun to go back with my modern equipment.

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[Manglo]

Well captured albino squirrel. I think it's too well seen from above, which makes it extra skittish.

 

[rgbiv]

Well captured albino squirrel. I think it's too well seen from above, which makes it extra skittish.

Many thanks!

 

[cr_wildlife]

There is a surprisingly large population of albino squirrels in Oberlin, OH, often seen in the town square and on the college campus there.

 

[Ken Miracle]

Way cool !

 

[Jadiehl]

We were surprised to see an albino squirrel (pink eyes) on the Mall in Washington, DC this weekend. I've never seen one before, never even knew they even existed. But Google searches suggest they happen on occasion and that squirrels View attachment 100982View attachment 100983View attachment 100984View attachment 100985are the only species where the albino is able to survive in the wild.

Apparently there are also white squirrels but are not albino since they do not have pink eyes.

Has anyone else seen albino squirrels and where?

Shot with Z8 105mm f2/8 MC

Nice!

 

[rgbiv]

Nice!

Thanks so much!

 

[rgbiv]

There is a surprisingly large population of albino squirrels in Oberlin, OH, often seen in the town square and on the college campus there.

Thanks for this...will ask my friend who went to school there!

 

[rgbiv]

There is a surprisingly large population of albino squirrels in Oberlin, OH, often seen in the town square and on the college campus there.

Reached out to my Oberlin friend...he doesn't remember albino squirrels there, but that was decades ago and maybe the population has changed!

 

[MikeCrapo]

Wow, that is cool.

 

[MikeA]

Now that IS something special - well done!