in article , Alan Gould at
wrote on 9/2/03 5:58 am:

In article , Rodger Whitlock
writes

Regrettably,
the native squirrel is very territorial, and experts think that
the gray squirrels (not very territorial) will drive it out of a
lot of its range in time. It may be that that's why your British
red squirrels are scarce now - competition from the grays.

The competition is from humans. British red squirrels are scarce because
they are unable to thrive well in modern rural (and urban) conditions.
In this area they had become very scarce long before greys arrived.

Aren't they much pickier eaters, whereas the greys eat just about anything
that comes their way? I thought more than a lot of the problem with reds is
that their preferred diet is no longer widely available to them - whatever
that is?
Rodger, do you have the black squirrels on VI that I saw in Vancouver
itself? Beautiful!
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Sacha
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