Songdoghunter
Twelve Pointer
My parents live in Onslow county just outside of Richlands. Their home is surrounded by farm land with the closest wooded areas over 400 yards away. To my surprise, I noticed a fox squirrel feeding on sawtooth acorns in their yard back in November. He was mostly silver with some black and grey on his head, a big white spot between the eyes and black, long tufted hair on the ears. Today while visiting, my dad told me he sees 2 of them all the time in the yard and they nest in a large tulip popular full of vines on a field line ditch next to his yard. This morning I saw the other one and it looks like an oversized grey squirrel with a black brown and white head but has white tufted ears. While I've seen dozens over the years in the long leaf pine plantations in the area, some all black, I don't fully understand why these 2 have taken up residence here. I've encouraged my dad to put up a feeding station for them in hopes that they will reproduce. They have a large nest in the poplar tree. I had my big camera with me today but no long lens to get a decent picture. Just curious if any of you have them in your yards and would love to see some pictures so I can see the color variations. Thanks!