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From: schuh@geowhiz.UUCP (David Schuh)
Newsgroups: net.rec.birds
Subject: Re: black squirrels vs pink elephants
Message-ID: <340@geowhiz.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-Jan-86 02:05:06 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  9 02:05:06 1986
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In article <1936@pur-phy.UUCP> dub@pur-phy.UUCP (Dwight) writes:
>
>   I know that this question really doesn't belong strictly on
>net.rec.birds, but people who going birding see a lot more
>than just birds.
>   The other day I was stopped at a gas station in southern New
>Jersey when out of some bushes appeared a black squirrel.  Now,
>I've seen gray sqirrels and red ones too, but never a black one.
>Am I just a deprived person or am I hullucinating (not the latter
>cause I got the little fella on film.)
>
>			       Dwight Bartholomew
>UUCP:{decvax,ihnp4,seismo,inuxc,sequent,uiucdcs }!pur-ee!pur-phy!galileo!dub
>     {decwrl,hplabs,icase,psuvax1,siemens,ucbvax}|purdue!pur-phy!galileo!dub
>

Oh yes indeed you did see a black squirrel.  My parrents are fortunate enough
to have one quite tame in the back yard that comes to feed on the indian 
corn and peanuts we leave out the back door.  He sure
is beeeeutiful, especially against the snow, I could watch him for hours.

dave schuh
!uwvax!schuh!schuh