Saturday, May 27, 2017

White Squirrel





For several years, there has been a colony of white squirrels living in my neighborhood and they are always fun to watch. They are hard to photograph though because they move so quickly. Yesterday I saw one scamper down a utility pole and make a meal out of a mushroom growing nearby and it stayed still long enough for me to get some good shots. Its eyes are not red and it has a bit of gray on its head and down its back, so it is not an albino, but a variation of the common gray squirrel.

Linking to Saturday's Critters and Camera Critters.

19 comments:

Marleen said...

A cute little animal! I have never seen a white squirrel before, great photos.

biebkriebels said...

Great photo's, Lois. You caught him very good! They look so cute with using their "hands" like humans.

Adam said...

Wow I've never seen a white one

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Oh he's so cute Lois.. he's really enjoying that mushroom 😊

eileeninmd said...

Wow, what a pretty squirrel. I have never seen a white squirrel, great sighting and photo. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Happy Saturday, enjoy your Memorial Day weekend.

Lowell said...

Thank you for these fun photos. I've not seen such a thing and didn't know a white squirrel existed. They are cute, for sure!

sandyland said...

is this a breed or albino?? beauty

carol l mckenna said...

Wow! I am impressed with the white squirrel and lovely photography ~ thanks,

Happy Weekend to you ~ ^_^

William Kendall said...

Quite a rarity! Cute but so devious!

MadSnapper said...

I have seen photos on other blogs of white albinos, but not like this one. he looks like the inverted skunk to me... instead of black with white stripe, white with black stripe. he is really handsome.

SRQ said...

Wow -- a white squirrel! I've never seen such a thing! Great pics. He looks like he really enjoyed that mushroom!

Sharon said...

I've never seen one like this before. I love it and these are great shots.

RedPat said...

Wonderful shots, Lois! There is a colony of them here in Toronto too and I have seen them many times but have never managed such great shots! Hurray for you!

Lowcarb team member said...

I have never seen a white squirrel before.
Beautiful series of photographs.

All the best Jan

Rose said...

They just don't look right in white! LOL

Halcyon said...

We have red squirrels here, but I'm never quick enough to catch one! These shots are perfect.

Karl said...

So cute, Lois !
I like especially the first shot !

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

Oh I would love to see one of these! Wow. They are lovely.

Unknown said...

There are White Squirrels in my area, Goose Creek, SC. If their eyes are not pink they are not albinos. They are really just white squirrels. There are a family living in Crowfield Subdivision currently and are fun to watch. June 18, 2019. Faye Pool, Realtor.