A Rare Sighting in Nature
A Rare Sighting in Nature, what a surprise I found the other day. I was out wandering around, something I do often and I looked over at my feeder and there in the grass is this tiny little all white squirrel.
I did some research and it says that white squirrels are rare and if they have black eyes, it is do to pigmentation for the fur to be white. But it says most white squirrels come from the gray squirrel species.
But I do not think this is a gray squirrel, I believe it is a red squirrel.
Here is a photo of a red squirrel next to the white one and they are about the same size.
Where as this photo below is a gray squirrel and notice how much bigger the ears are.
A Rare Sighting in Nature
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Interesting column and great photos! Thanks!
Once caught the Squirrel in my Neighborhood, but wasn’t sure it truly is
You are an amazing photographer, great work.
Thank you very much 😊
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Cool
White squirrels are absolutely adorable – a lot of them turn out to be albinos or leucistic, but there are naturally occurring white squirrels – we really like seeing the colony they have in Brevard, NC.
This is my first sighting of one. It was here for about 4 days. Now I have not seen it for awhile.
This is absolutely fascinating. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a white squirrel before! Thank you for sharing this 🥰
You are very welcome, thank you 😊
You’re welcome 😊
I absolutely love squirrels. What a nice rare moment to capture.
Thank you Anita 🙂
Aww how beautiful! I do agree with you about the type of squirrel it is.
We have black squirrels here (not normally) and they’re pretty cool looking. They’re big like the grey squirrels and some even have a charcoal shade to them. 😍
(I’ve rescued & raised two grey squirrels!)
How nice that you rescued two grey’s. Sometimes they need our help 😉 thank you
Yes! While researching how to care for them I came across a quote that said something along the lines of “if you’ve gotten the chance to rescue a squirrel, that is the most love they’ll ever feel in this cold world” 🥺 and my heart just broke. Wish I could rescue them all now lol
Nice
Thank you 🙂
We had a white squirrel in our neighborhood. It became Facebook famous on out town webpage. So beautiful.
Nice, this is the first one I have ever seen. 😊
Oh my goodness this is so adorable! What a special gift.
Thank you 😊 it is amazing to see such a rare little squirrel.
I think regular squirrels are super cute but that one is special 😍
Amazing!!!
Thank you 😊
beautiful surprise😊
It really was 😊
How cute. Definitely looks like a white red and not a white grey.
I thought so also. 😊
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This is amazing, I’ve never heard of or seen a white squirrel before! A beautiful photo, too 🙂
Thank you very much Kaylin 😉
Grey skwerl tails are diffetent too.
What a unique sighting!! Lucky you@@
I thought so also, I only saw it for a few days and not it is gone 🙂
What a cutie pie Sandra – I’d be tempted to scoop him/her up and take it home with me, kind of like the folks who rescued Jill the Squirrel (an Eastern Gray squirrel) after a hurricane and now she lives with them and they spoil her silly. Jill is an internet sensation. 🙂
I know, I haven’t seen it for a few days now 🙂
How cute! I’ve never seen a white squirrel either. Thank you for sharing, Sandra!
You are very welcome 😊
That’s pretty cool
😊 thank you
A wonderful one is this white squirrel. I was unaware that the phenomenon of albinism also existed among them.
Thank you, yes I did not know either until I saw this one.
Rare for sure!
It sure was easy to spot. 😊
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No way! What an awesome and special treat to find, so cute!!!
Yes, it was a surprise, at first I wasn’t sure what it was. 😊
Beautiful white squirrel. Great capture.
Thank you Tim, it sure was a surprise to see.
Adorable! We have one in our town and her name is pearl the squirrel. She had a white baby last spring, but I have yet to capture either one of them on my camera.
That is a perfect name. I saw this one 4 days in a row now. But have not seen it today at all.
Except for the dark eyes, I would have guessed an albino squirrel. Cute little thing.
It sure was a surprise to see, my first sighting of a white one.
He was adorable 🥰
I’ve never seen a white one, but living in Texas, I probably won’t ever! We are too hot for anything that light to survive outside.
Yes, it said the white ones have a harder time, it is easier for predators to see them as well.
Yes, I can imagine!
Wow, that is rare. And, usually red and gray squirrels fight over territory, they are rarely seen together unless one is chasing the other.
Yes, I have mostly red squirrels and occasionally they sit near each other, but it doesn’t take long for them to squabble.
Wow!!
Where is this?
Thank you 😊
This little white squirrel is too cute but I like the others too.He’s a little youngster. 😉
Beautiful photos, Sandra. 😀
Thank you very much 😊
The grey squirrel has ears in a Y-shape!
We used to have red squirrels in England. I remember seeing them in London when I was little. There’s no red squirrels in London now, in fact I don’t know if red squirrels have survived anywhere in England. Red squirrels have been supplanted by grey squirrels imported from America in the 19th century. The only place reds seem to have survived in any numbers is Scotland where they populate the pinewoods.
European red squirrels have tufty ears, but the British ones are less tufty.
I wrote pretty much everything I know about red squirrels in this post. Just in case you’re interested, hint hint! 🐿️
https://zadenzane.wordpress.com/2021/09/12/red-squirrels/
Thank you very much, I love learning more about animals from others here. I lived down in the mid west for years and there wasn’t any red squirrels there. But a lot of gray and black squirrels. 😊
I didn’t know that they existe, thanks for showing them.
I didn’t know either, I would never have looked it up if I had not seen this one.
That’s just nuts! Love it!!
😊 it really is 🙂
Squirrels are everywhere jumping around, adorable.
Thank you 😊
We have white squirrels here. Kenton Tn,
Wow, that is pretty cool, this is my first one I have ever seen 🙂
We have a home of the white squirrel festival too.