Today, Jan.21st, is #SquirrelAppreciationDay. It was created in 2001 by a North Carolina wildlife rescuer named Christy Hargrove, to help people recognize the value of #Squirrels in their local #ecosystems.

It seems appropriate that yesterday, my family & I were driving home from Kentucky, and came through #Olney #Illinois. As we had done on previous such trips to visit family, we drove around the town, hoping to spot one of their famous #WhiteSquirrels, but were (once again) unsuccessful.🐿🌰☹️

More than once, I thought I spotted one. But my theory is that it's hard to distinguish any of them in the snow. So we could only pose next to the town's squirrel statue.

#OlneyIllinois holds regular counts of their #AlbinoSquirrel population, and has strict laws about loose cats and dogs, to protect their unique squirrel colony.

#Eichhornchen #Eichhoernchen #Squirrel #SquirrelsOfMastodon #Squirrelstodon

More about the #WhiteSquirrelsOfOlneyIllinois in this link:
https://www.ci.olney.il.us/visitors/white_squirrels/index.php