Squirrels in Action

Miss the furry little creatures, don't you? We do too. Sometimes we wish we could keep them in our offices 24/7, but ethical issues and the fact we can't always remember to feed ourselves makes that impossible. So we rely on a few nice snapshots of our friends to tide us over until the next live sighting.

And don't forget to check out the caption contest!

Photos by Jesse Garrison OC'07 and Fall Tian OC'10

Visitor submissions and sightings

   In Oberlin                                 Washington D.C., 1999

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I just wanted to let you know that over the weekend, I sighted an albino squirrel in Prospect Park, in Brooklyn. The race is spreading! – Madeline Asher '03

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Greenville, NC 2007

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Dear Oberlin Albino Squirrel Researchers,

So, long ago, when I was at Oberlin (I graduated in 1996), I was riding my bike past the Art Museum. On the snowy lawn, under a tree, sat a pure black squirrel. I glanced at the squirrel and it stolidly held its beady little eyes in place. I biked on.

The next day at about the same time I biked by the same way. Under the same tree, in the same spot, sat an albino squirrel. He gave me a very similar express.

I was mystified by the fantastical way of the squirrels.

I went on to study religion. Of course the squirrel(s) was always on my mind. I am now back in school studying veterinary medicine. Perhaps I am merely caught in a squirrelly quagmire.

– Sandra Platt '96

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More from Oberlin, spring '07

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I know that you are the most interested in other albino squirrel sightings, but I figured other albinos in the animal kingdom might like to show some solidarity. This peacock lives on the close of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Morningside Heights in NYC. Several Obies, myself included, went to the grade school there, so I thought these pics might be worth sending. 

– Elnie Gillers '00

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It's like they're plotting something...

 

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