#eastern gray squirrels

[rachelsrandomsphotos]

Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

Taken at Turkey Creek Sanctuary in Palm Bay, FL

[swvawildlifecenter]

Squirrels, squirrels and more squirrels! Staff Casey and intern Jilly (George Mason University student) worked most of the evening to get these little babies of all different ages settled! Squirrels are typically the first baby animals we get every year and are also usually the last babies we end the season with, sometimes as late as November. All of these squirrels came in from separate instances trees falling (some naturally, some caused by people). Only one out of four squirrel kits born live to their first birthday — it is a rough world out there for wild babies, and it takes a whole team of people (including overnight staff!) to raise these precious young ones to adulthood.

[susanoos-wife]

Shoutout to the eastern gray squirrel, I love the eastern gray squirrel.