“The Red Squirrel” blog has more adorable red squirrel photos on their site…To check them out, click here:
http://worldphotos4.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/it-rained-this-morning-and-its-cooler-today…/
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In case you missed it, red squirrels were on TV here in the UK last night.
UK viewers can watch it again here(the segment is a slot about 10-15 minutes in the programme) here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c45cd
Enjoy again!
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As you know, we love all squirrels alike here. But the demise of the red squirrel is an important issue in the UK, so it’s good to see that the reds are fighting back (with a little help from humans) in a special breeding programme in Kent.
For the full story (and the cutest picture of a baby red squirrel you’ve ever seen, visit:
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kol08/article/default.asp?article_id=42886
Enjoy!
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Now, we all know that squirrels are priceless. So in one way, it’s briulliant news that the Scottish authorities have decided to put up a £100,000 wildlife bridge (about $200,000) as part of a planned new bypass. (See http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2008/05/26/new-100k-road-bridge-will-help-save-scotland-s-red-squirrels-86908-20429763/ for the full story)
On the ohter hand though, might such an expensive solution actually cause more criticism than it refutes, given that squirrels will happily scamper over nearly anything, and might not need a 100K construction to help them do so?
We’re in two minds about this-how about you?
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Bob Lee, a nature watcher from Wisconsin, has apprently observed at least one black squirrel with a red tail. He explains very eloquently whay this should be unlikely to happen at the end of this article:
http://www.couleenews.com/articles/2008/05/23/features/lee.txt
But it got me thinking about ehether anyone out there (maybe you) has seen squirrels with two distinct colours of fur that wouldn’t nomally be there (eg black and grey, red and grey, etc).
If you have, please let us know!
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JustSquirrels has tracked done that elusive thing…red squirrel pictures. All credit to “worldphotos” for being able to take such great photos of a notoriously shy creature at:
http://worldphotos4.wordpress.com/
On his “about” page, worldphotos mentions that he has a hazelnut tree in his garden, which explains a lot!
Enjoy these great pictures, anyway.
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