The Albino Squirrel & 🐿️ Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop 45

The Albino Squirrel

More than a month ago, I wrote these first two paragraphs. 

Just down the road from our property, lives an albino squirrel. My husband has seen him several times, and he always slows down to see what the little fellow is up to this time. So far, I have never seen this squirrel. At first, I never even knew he was there. But now, Greg lets me know when he has seen him and tells me what he’s been doing.

The other day, on the way to church, Adam saw the squirrel. And Greg even tried to take a picture of him, but from so far away all it looks like with a little white blur. Today, when we drove by, we both slow down, Greg and I, to see if we could catch a glimpse of the squirrel, but I still have not been able to see him. One of these days, I probably will, if I remember to look at the right time, and if I remember to slow down enough to look around. 
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After weeks of nary a glimpse of this elusive white squirrel, I gave up. Then, the other day, as Andrew and Adam and I drove towards town, there he was—right at the road!  Not in the road, though I feared that at first!  After all, plenty of squirrels do meet their end in the roadways.  

This guy scampered down into the woods, quick as a flash!  Andrew backed up, and I used my pitiful phone camera to try to catch him!  My blur turned out a smidgen better than Greg’s, but not much!  Turns out albino squirrels have just as much spunk as gray squirrels, so he didn’t sit still and smile for me!  

Here’s what I got!  (Below)

No way could we determine his eye color, so he may be an albino (if he has pink or blue eyes), or possible a leucistic squirrel (if he has black eyes) Both are rare occurrences.  I read that sighting an albino squirrel has a one in ten thousand likelihood, so no wonder I didn’t see him right away!  

Learn more about albino squirrels here!  I found this info fascinating!!

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Another website I found with some great information is the following one:

Videos, information, sightings map, etc

I plan to try to get out there and get a better picture and hopefully determine if ours is a true albino or a leucistic squirrel.  Yes, I am that nerdy girl who will do that.  I will register our sighting too, to help research!  

Something for the Kids

Allie the Albino Squirrel is a sweet book for children about an albino squirrel, highlighting the beauty in being created different.  

Have you ever seen an albino animal?  They are very rare!  We had an albino deer frequenting our property maybe ten years ago, and we always stopped everything  to look out when he showed up!  Maybe because we knew he wouldn’t make it in nature for long, sticking out like a sore thumb like that!  

Tell me what strange animals you’ve seen? and if you’ve ever had the chance to see an albino!  

Laurie

Now that we are don’t with that nature lesson, let’s move on to the blog hop!  

Welcome to the Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop!

I hope you have a lovely day!  Laurie

The Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop

This is a place to share some love and spread some sunshine!

The focus of this blog hop will be: anything related to making our homes more sunny and happy! If that’s through homemade cooking, a health tip that will help another, homesteading tips, homeschool successes or real-life struggles, or just whatever God is impressing you with in your home journey, please share it!

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1. Click on the “Add your Link” Button below and add a great image of your project or recipe. Make sure you link to the page of your family friendly post – not the main page of your blog.
2. Link up to three posts each week.
3. Try to visit at least a few other blogs at the party. Be sure to leave a comment to let them know you stopped by.
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5. Please link up posts that you haven’t linked to the hop before. You are welcome to link old posts from your blog.
6. By joining the party, you are giving me permission to use one photo from your post with a link back to your site if it is selected as one of next week’s Features.
7. This is a family-friendly link up! You are welcome to share home and family-oriented blog posts, focusing on homeschooling, homesteading and homemaking. Christian-friendly content, highlighting healthy life choices to encourage others!

Features for this week!

Thank you to everyone who came to participate. ♥️ Have a great week, and feel free to share the hop with others!