Our Backyard Friend

We have a BLACK squirrel living in our yard. We've seen him several times and I finally got a glimpse of him with my camera.

Apparently, they aren't very common in Georgia. Here he is...

We tend to have this funny thing about squirrels because we enjoyed looking at them in Russia. In Russia, the squirrels have furry ears almost like a dog, it's so funny. Here is a picture of a Russian Squirrel.

Here is info from Wikipedia about Black Squirrels.

Black squirrels are a phase of the Eastern Grey Squirrel. They are common in Midwestern North America and, in some places, outnumber the grey squirrels by a ratio of about ten to one.
In the Great Lakes region the smaller black squirrel appears dominant in certain areas over the larger Fox Squirrel such as in Kent, Ohio. In Toronto, Ontario, black squirrels are dominant and they can be viewed up close in Moss Park and just about any other park downtown where they are less shy. Black Squirrels can also be found in Britain and Russia.

There are also pockets of black squirrels in areas where smaller tree squirrels are usually dominant. For example, in Detroit, Michigan, there is a teeming population of black squirrels in the Mt. Elliott Cemetery. It is doubtful the black squirrels of the Great Lakes region are willing to share their territory with any squirrel species of similar size. They do, however, appear to coexist well with other members of the Sciuridae family such as chipmunks and woodchucks.