Fox squirrel

[alemorkam]

Posing on a tree.

[Ecuadog]

That's a heck of a comb-over he's got there. Beautiful photo.

[Chi-Town]

All I ever see are scrawny little squirrels.

[Velvet]

Very inquisitive!

[Dusty_Star]

I've never seen one. This one has quite a beautiful tail.

[fdpaq0580]

Beautiful! But not much meat and tastes like last weeks dried chicken wings. Let them live, please.

[tophcfa]

Aggressive little buggers. They will rifle through golf carts looking for a snack. A couple of them hang out in the woods near the 13th green at Tierra Del Sol. When the golfers head to the green to putt out, they go through the golf carts and will steal anything available to eat. I’ve learned the hard way and now make sure any food is secured in the cooler before grabbing my putter. They are called Sherman Fox squirrels.

[fdpaq0580]

Aggressive little buggers. They will rifle through golf carts looking for a snack. A couple of them hang out in the woods near the 13th green at Tierra Del Sol. When the golfers head to the green to putt out, they go through the golf carts and will steal anything available to eat. I’ve learned the hard way and now make sure any food is secured in the cooler before grabbing my putter. They are called Sherman Fox squirrels.

B4 grabbing your putter, toss a handful of nuts around. Maybe they will leave your stuff alone.

Or, maybe not. Worth a try.

[Taltarzac725]

These are big. First time I saw one here in the Villages I was not sure what it was. Sherman's Fox Squirrel | Florida State Parks (https://www.floridastateparks.org/learn/shermans-fox-squirrel)

[fsusix]

Posing on a tree. Thanks for posting - I have lived in Florida since 1980 on the east coast and I had never seen one until a year ago. I had no idea what ran across the road because it was so large - thankfully my husband (a native Floridian) told me it was a fox squirrel so I googled it to learn. Now your photo is the 2nd one I have seen. :BigApplause:

[coconutmama]

Great photo. Can’t stop whistling the theme to the old tv show about Davie Crockett.

[Rodneysblue]

Posing on a tree.

Nice!

[OhioBuckeye]

Nice picture but what about it?

[Marmaduke]

Nice picture but what about it?
For our viewing pleasure. We have a person who takes and uploads great pictures for us.

Hope they continue! Love their shots! This was perfect timing and made me laugh. Thanks OP!!!

[Velvet]

Nice picture but what about it?

So happy to wake up in the morning and nearly every day, have a remarkable photo waiting to look at. I sometimes share them with family who are up north and they are surprised, by the talent of the photographer, the Floridian beauty, the mischievous wild life and so on.

[lynnschindel]

So fancy!!

[Bonanza]

This is NOT political . . . . . It kinda reminds me of Trump's comb-over, squirrely as it is!

[Boffin]

Posing on a tree.

The fox squirrel may be found throughout Florida in open woods, pine and cypress stands, and mangrove swamps, but they are protected from hunting throughout the state. Of the four subspecies found in Florida, two are listed as protected species. Sherman's Fox Squirrel, Sciurus ***** shermani, a species of special concern, is found in the open piney woods of central and Northeastern Florida. The Big Cypress Fox Squirrel Sciurus ***** avicennia, a threatened species is found from the Everglades region, in Lee county, to the southern part of Dade county. Fox squirrels in the western panhandle belong to a less vulnerable, more widespread subspecies.

[OhioBuckeye]

That’s OK, sorry I couldn’t figure out what was so special about a Fox Squirrel, guess I just seen so many of them I just took it for granted that everybody has seen one, sorry!