Are they?
As a kid we always had red squirrels in the Adirondacks, and it's only been of recent years that there have been grey ones up there. I had assumed that the red ones were native to the Adirondacks and that some fuckwit had brought in the greys.

I wonder if it was the other way around?
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Mon 25 Jan 2010, 16:28, 1 reply)

Grey squirrels were introduced to UK in 19thC
And helped to displace proper UK red Squirrels in almost all of England.

I didn't know they were doing the same in the States.

Poetic justice, Red ones are so damned cute, and grey one's would rip your face off.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 25 Jan 2010, 17:33, closed)

Squirrel facts!
there are currently around 3 million grey squirrels in the UK, and about 160 thousand red.

Greys breed faster, strip bark from trees that the reds like/need, and the greys carry squirrel pox, which doesn't affect them, but kills reds.

There you have it squirrel fans.

I even have this information set to a 38 minute prog rock epic by my mate and I, called The Red Squirrel / Grey Squirrel Scenario.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 26 Jan 2010, 10:16, closed)