🐢 Wildlife Wednesday (NC Edition)

1️⃣ White Squirrel Weekend is a beloved three-day festival in downtown Brevard, NC celebrating the town's mascots, over 1000 real white squirrels that live there.

This year, find your nut May 22-24.
https://brevardnc.org/event/2026-white-squirrel-weekend-fri/

More about the White Squirrels
https://www.southernliving.com/brevard-north-carolina-white-squirrels-11957940

2️⃣ The Turtles are coming!

The first evidence of sea turtles checking out nest locations has been reported on the Outer Banks.

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article315636850.html

@NCConnect
#Wildlife #WildlifeWednesday #SeaTurtle #WhiteSquirrels #OBX

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