Le pelage de l'Écureuil gris de l'Est (Sciurus carolinensis) peut être de deux couleurs, le gris et le noir, ce qui porte les gens à croire (par erreur) qu'il s'agit de deux espèces distinctes. Le noir est souvent la couleur dominante dans le nord de l'aire de répartition de l'espèce, en Ontario et au Québec. Plus au sud, le noir est moins fréquent, et il ne se trouve aucun écureuil noir dans le Sud des États-Unis. Cela porte à croire que le gène de la pigmentation noire traduit une adaptation aux basses températures. Il existe également des écureuils gris de l'Est albinos; aux États-Unis, on a observé de petites populations dâindividus entièrement blancs. Il existe, quoique rarement, une variante de couleur rousse; certains individus ont un pelage bicolore, par exemple, un corps noir avec une queue rousse. / Eastern grey squirrels Sciurus carolinensis commonly occur in two colour phases, grey and black, which leads people to think—mistakenly—that there are two different species. Black is often the dominant colour in Ontario and Quebec, toward the northern limits of the species’ range. Farther south the black phase is less common and is not found at all in the southern United States. This may indicate that the gene responsible for black coloration has some cold-weather adaptation associated with it. Albino eastern grey squirrels also occur and in the United States a few small, completely white populations are found. There are rare instances of a reddish colour phase and some animals may also have a combination of colours, for example a black body with a red tail. https://www.hww.ca/en/wildlife/mammals/eastern-grey-squirrel.html#sid2
Chrysalide. Boisé de l'Université Laval, Québec, QC.
Had watched the bear for about 10 minutes before it stumbled upon this elk fawn. Photo was taken moments after the discovery.
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nesting cavity right next to the TransCanada Hwy (two or three meters from pavement) with a guardrail as protection
One on nest/ another feeding. Pog Lake Campground area
Our very colourful (chlorotic) kale plant!
Albino - female -
a locally celebrity for more than 10 years
naturalist Arthur Goldsmith has told me that Acer nigrum is locally abundant directly across the Ottawa River at Voyageur Provincial Park.
hoping for something other than intermedia/carthusiana