Re: where black squirrels live in NYC

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From: Norm dePlume
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:00

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When I lived in Inwood (in Northern Manhattan, 218th and Park Terrace
West) there were plenty of black squirrels, but for some reason only the
gray ones used to jump in my kitchen window and steal food.

In article <lokijuhyg-1803992303070001@zz.dialup.access.net>,
lokijuhyg@nhyxe.jyhdcsx.mil.edu.no (kimunybtv) wrote:

> In New York City, most wild squirrels are medium gray but a minority are
> black.  Most NYC places with squirrels have the gray ones but seem to have
> few or no black ones.  On the lower East side of Manhattan, there are two,
> adjacent, privately owned, housing projects:  Peter Cooper Village and
> Stuyvesant Town.  There is a high percentage of black squirrels on the
> grounds of those two, adjacent projects.
> 
> Why is it that there is only one squirrel neighborhood in NYC with a high
> percentage of black squirrels?  Coincidence?

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From: voulezvous@oohlala.com (Norm dePlume)
Subject: Re: where black squirrels live in NYC
Date: 1999/03/19
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