Quote Originally Posted by mn shutterbug
I had never heard of an Albert's squirrel, so I googled it. From what I can see, this isn't an Albert's squirrel. The Albert's is also called Tassel eared squirrel and this one doesn't have the right ears. It doesn't have the tufts on the top of the ears.Then again, I'm only going by what I'm finding online. I'm thinking that this is just a black variation of the gray squirrel. We do have a few of those in MN, not anywhere in my proximity though. However, we do have plenty of gray squirrels, just not as numerous as the fox squirrels, at least not in my neck of the woods.

Keep the squirrel pics coming. This is getting fun.
Interesting. All I know is that I took that photo at a bed and breakfast we stayed at in Manitou Springs and that is what the proprietor told me it was. I had never seen one like that before.