Squirrels and Anemones and Bird Cams?
When we went to the very historic and fascinating city of Washington D. C. we came upon something rather unusual. A black squirrel!
What the heck is black squirrel? I know, it sounds like something that is made up. Yeah, but it’s really real. I saw one digging under a big tree in Franklin Park, not far from the Franklin School brick building. I understand the Franklin School was built around 1869, as part of group of modern school buildings in the city, and is now an historical landmark.
But getting back to the unique squirrels and “other” unique critters, the squirrel species, just like the black bear species, can be in different color variations. In 1902 a Canadian park superintendent brought the first of a group of black furred squirrels to D. C. to the zoo. It is said President Teddy Roosevelt also brought some to the city.
You may see some a little north or south of D. C. I live close to Roanoke, VA and had never seen any, till now. The spouse has seen a white squirrel in our area, and that is ANOTHER variation on squirrel color. And there are a few albino (dark pink eyed) squirrels out there too. Nature in all its variations. I assume they all hunt for nuts and act the same, trying to climb trees to get at bird feeders, like the ones near us!
Also unique, and there are many colors also, are anemones.
The hell’s fire anemone, unlike many others, has a bad sting. It will also eat small fish. There is a fish that can be very harmful to anemones in general (no, not the clown fish). I saw it on TV and now forget the name! It’s survival of the fittest for some critters.
And if you are interested in bird feeders and bird nature, I recommend you look for Cornell lab’s bird feeder. I believe you go on the Youtube.com channel and/or click on this:Cornell FeederWatch Cam | Cornell Lab Bird Cams
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