Here is some info I found on the web....not conclusive, but certainly seems to indicate that the possibility exists. We still have plenty of reds! Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: Donna Nelson <[log in to unmask]> > Date: January 3, 2016 at 8:44:53 PM EST > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: RE: [UVB] squirrel question > > Kate, I have googled this, and come up with a lot of others who describe what seems to be my squirrel. > http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-318623.html > Interesting, in any case. > > Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 20:06:20 -0500 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [UVB] squirrel question > To: [log in to unmask] > > Interesting, Donna! I usually have a majority of red squirrels and some grays in this mixed woods, but I have also noticed a couple of squirrels that are bigger than the usual reds and seem to be a cross between the two. I thought that the two did not interbreed. Maybe they do? > Kate > > On Jan 3, 2016, at 6:42 PM, Donna Nelson wrote: > > We have had red squirrels at our feeders here for 30 years, and grays on an occasional basis the past few years. We don't have oaks here, so gray squirrels do not have their preferred food. This year, however, we have one squirrel which appears to be a cross between the two species. It is nearly twice as large as a red, but much smaller than a gray, and is white underneath, but red and gray on back and sides. VCE says it is a red, but I am not convinced. > Interesting times... > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jan 3, 2016, at 6:22 PM, Blake Allison <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > We regularly get both gray and red. This year its has been four grays and a couple of reds. I put out coarse, cracked corn to divert them from the sunflower seed and meet with some success, but they do like their sunflower seed. The squirrels grudgingly share the platform feeder with the blue jays. > > Blake Allison > Lyme, NH 03768-3322 > > > > > > On Sunday, January 3, 2016 6:08 PM, Jeff MacQueen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > I've been feeding birds here in Orford for twenty years. Only in the past few years have I had Grey Squirrels at my feeders. This winter so far Greys outnumber Reds. > > On Sunday, January 3, 2016, Kathryn Mortimer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > No. I have plenty of red squirrels in Thetford Center. Nuisances. > Kate > > > On Jan 3, 2016, at 4:59 PM, Mary Alexnderson wrote: > > > For years I have had a plethora of red, and only red, squirrels. I have had no red squirrels at my feeders this year and have seen only one since late last spring. Today I saw my first ever grey squirrel on this property in an apple tree by the feeders. 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