Who says white hair looks unattractive?
My first attempt at collecting some squirrel pics in 2023 turned up a squirrel who seemed to be all over the place, and was easy to identify in photos due to one 
distinguishing feature. Check out that tuft of white above his ears! I swear I’m half blind, because I never notice things like this (or the ear notches on the park squirrels) in real time… but it’s easy to spot while going through the photographic results.
It’s funny, because this subject came up last week when I showed off the pics of the white squirrel from Virginia! Donna even mentioned she has a squirrel nearby with distinctive white patches of fur.
I only kept eighteen of the photos, but Mr. White Tufts was in over half of them… and in various locations as well. Not surprising since the handful of squirrels milling about were, in typical sciurine fashion, never in one place for very long….
Here he is by my ditch.
There he is chasing another squirrel…
Back on my tree…
On a fence several houses down…. with a peanut!
I’ll have to look out for more of this guy! We don’t have those cute ear tufted squirrels that they do in the Eastern Hemisphere, but my newest Saturday Squirrel on the block seems to be as close as I can get to one!
Don’t even think of cutting notches in these beauties!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Evil Squirrel's Nest 
He’s a cute one! Talk about busy as a bee, I’d say squirrels are pretty busy the way the get from here to there and back again so fast.
Happy Saturday! 🙂
I was surprised how much this one got around! There were three squirrels, and unless more than one had that white splotch behind their ears, he really was all over the place!
🙂 🙂
I like the white hair tuft…..looks kind of like the beginnings of a mohawk….pretty rad!
Pam
It would be interesting to see him with mad scientist hair, though I have a feeling it’ll be gone by Spring!
It’s funny how things just pop out when you get a chance to review them on a computer screen, especially when said pops weren’t noticed in the viewfinder. Have a terrific weekend.
My distance vision leaves something to be desired, but I still can’t believe I don’t notice these things before I upload the pics….
Now how cute is that!
Especially the facing forward pic where it looks like pointy ears! Very European looking…
We have several grays with white ears, too. It’s the back of the ears that’s covered with white fur. I’ll have to see if I can photograph one better. They say the white fur is a mutation. Interesting how some only have a small amount and a few end up all white but not albino (no red eyes).
This one’s got just a tiny bit of white, but it’s more than I’ve ever seen on a squirrel around here.
This is one cute squirrel. His white ear tufts are just too adorable. Nice photos
He is cute, and he gives me someone to look for the next time I’m taking pics out the window…
What a cutie, and such beautiful fur. A perfect Saturday Squirrel.
There’s nothing like winter fur on a squirrel…. especially if it comes with fashion ear muffs.
I expect you’ll be seeing him everywhere now!
I hope so, though the few easy to spot squirrels I’ve seen around my parts tend to disappear quickly….
We have one just like him in our yard—makes it easy to distinguish him!
So much easier than giving them all name tags…
And less sticky…