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26-02-2007, 05:24 PM
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| | | Red squirrel with white tail
Hubby and I went to Formby yesterday and took some photos of the red squirrels but, we noticed that three of them had white tips to their tails. Does anyone know if this distinguishes them between male and female or is there another reason.
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26-02-2007, 06:38 PM
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| | | Re: Red squirrel with white tail
Here is a pic of the white tip of the tail, it may be normal but I have never seen one like this before  |
26-02-2007, 06:54 PM
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| | | Re: Red squirrel with white tail
Haha! a red Squirrell with a Red Fox's tail 
Hes so cute thanks for sharing this with us.
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26-02-2007, 07:13 PM
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| | | Re: Red squirrel with white tail
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Originally Posted by flying red fox  Haha! a red Squirrell with a Red Fox's tail
Hes so cute thanks for sharing this with us. | Ha ha I hadn't thought of that, that's very good .
Formby was alive with Red Squirrels yesterday, we actually went to try to spot the Fox but he never showed, but he sent his three little helpers to meet us |
26-02-2007, 08:23 PM
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| | | Re: Red squirrel with white tail
That really looks like a foxs tail Ha Ha. Well spotted  |
26-02-2007, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by FourwingsJNR That really looks like a foxs tail Ha Ha. Well spotted | Thankyou FourwingsJNR, hubby spotted it and he took the pic, everytime I saw one with a white tail.................... it ran off |
26-02-2007, 08:50 PM
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| | | Re: Red squirrel with white tail
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Originally Posted by FourwingsJNR That really looks like a foxs tail Ha Ha. Well spotted | sorry duplicate post |
27-02-2007, 08:36 AM
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| | | Re: Red squirrel with white tail
Very interesting. See the recent posts about Red Squirrel coat colour in the "Do Grey squirrels have any good points" thread.
I think:
a) the white tail tip is an odd genetic aberration
b) this squirrel has a lot of continental blood in it, the rest of the tail is far too red for the British sub-species. I think also the body fur is too red (for this time of year) to be the British sub-species.
Great picture!
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27-02-2007, 11:21 AM
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| | | Re: Red squirrel with white tail
Thanks for sharing, they`re so cute lol shame they wouldn`t fight back aginst the grey Squirrels.
When we first moved in our house we saw one Red Squirrel run across the fence at the back.Now we don`t see any of them. :`( |
27-02-2007, 12:30 PM
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| | | Re: Red squirrel with white tail
What a lovely photo. Formby red squirrels are obviously far braver than here on the Isle of Wight. We rarely get that close to them here. I've seen more squished in the road than anywhere else. I was lucky enough to get an occasional visit to my bird table at my old house and I have spotted one briefly in the oak tree at the end of my garden in my new house but they tend to be very shy. | | | |
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