December 19: Fox squirrel

[neverspent]

As in most places it lives natively or has been introduced, the Eastern gray squirrel is the most abundant squirrel in my area. We do also have fox squirrels, though, and I often see them foraging among the oak and hickory trees in the lower part of my parents' front yard. They don't look a whole lot different from gray squirrels, but if you know what to look for it's easy to tell the difference. Fox squirrels are larger and heavier, have smaller ears, and the tail and underside of their body is more red-tan where the gray squirrel's is white.

Comments

[donutsweeper]

I love the action! Look at him jump!

[neverspent]

And he never dropped his nut!

Sadly, he or one of his friends met their end on the road just today. :(

[donutsweeper]

Unless it was actually one of Murray's cohorts and he met his untimely end via Torchwood

[neverspent]

Ah! I was just thinking that one of Murray's band would never have been so careless... but yes, perhaps Torchwood USA is on the prowl!

[donutsweeper]

Start with the little problems and work your way up to the big one *nods*

Although I doubt Murray would like to be categorized that way!