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Wildlife Reports => Toronto Wildlife => Topic started by: Charline on April 19, 2025, 11:04:33 PM

Title: Squirrel Tales: Cinnamon Morphs, Firework Tails & Red Rascals!
Post by: Charline on April 19, 2025, 11:04:33 PM

https://youtu.be/7ngChI_UtXo (https://youtu.be/7ngChI_UtXo)


 The squirrels in this video have rare colors and big personalities! Let’s get up close and personal with a few local stars from my Toronto neighborhood:

Firework – An Eastern Grey Squirrel with a red chest and a white-tipped tail that whips around like a firework in motion!

Cinnamon – A rare cinnamon morph (possibly a Fox or Eastern Grey Squirrel) with a striking reddish-brown body, black face, and a mysterious cataract eye. Is Cinnamon the boss of the block?

Cindy & Orange Tail – Likely Cinnamon’s adorable offspring. Full of personality—and still a mystery when it comes to species!

Red Squirrels – Energetic, curious, and surprisingly willing to pose for the camera.

Watch these charming squirrels go about their day in one of Toronto’s most fascinating wildlife communities!

Title: Re: Squirrel Tales: Cinnamon Morphs, Firework Tails & Red Rascals!
Post by: Dr. John on May 05, 2025, 11:56:47 AM

Lovely squirrels!


We have a cinnamon female that’s a regular visitor to our back door for peanuts. She’s definitely an eastern gray. We have named her, somewhat obviously, Cinnamon Girl.

Title: Re: Squirrel Tales: Cinnamon Morphs, Firework Tails & Red Rascals!
Post by: Charline on May 05, 2025, 12:38:40 PM

Thanks, Dr. John. Would like to see a photo of your Cinnamon Girl one day.


I have discovered another blonde squirrel so I call it Blondie. According to others, Blondie has been known locally for a number of years. It is nursing now. It will be interesting to see her kits.


This video shows Blondie: https://youtu.be/xetGrgXi-Bs (https://youtu.be/xetGrgXi-Bs)

Title: Re: Squirrel Tales: Cinnamon Morphs, Firework Tails & Red Rascals!
Post by: Dr. John on May 05, 2025, 04:12:37 PM

There are also white eastern gray squirrels at times in the city.  I used to see them on the grounds of CAMH at Queen and Ossington decades ago and more recently in Trinity Bellwoods park.  They are not albino as far as I can tell, but a very light coloured morph.

Title: Re: Squirrel Tales: Cinnamon Morphs, Firework Tails & Red Rascals!
Post by: Charline on May 05, 2025, 04:21:50 PM

I read about the one in Trinity Bellwood a while ago. Wonder if it's still around.

Title: Re: Squirrel Tales: Cinnamon Morphs, Firework Tails & Red Rascals!
Post by: Charline on May 09, 2025, 12:25:57 PM

I initially thought Cinnmon's partial blue eye was a cataract. But it seems that Cinnamon can still see with that eye. Now I am not sure what it is. Maybe it was just a partial blue eye?

Title: Re: Squirrel Tales: Cinnamon Morphs, Firework Tails & Red Rascals!
Post by: Shortsighted on May 09, 2025, 01:03:32 PM

Hair dye and ... contacts?

Title: Re: Squirrel Tales: Cinnamon Morphs, Firework Tails & Red Rascals!
Post by: Charline on May 10, 2025, 12:20:22 AM

Quote from: Shortsighted on May 09, 2025, 01:03:32 PM

Hair dye and ... contacts?

Been there, done that?  ;)