A good acorn crop last year helped the squirrel population rebound from its 1998 crash.  This Fall's hard mast looks even better, predicating a further increase in absolute squirrel numbers for the upcoming year.  Meanwhile the percentage of white versus gray squirrels in the study area has stayed roughly the same (23.1% this year, mid-way between the 25.1% and 21.6% of the previous two counts).  The downtown section south of the Post Office once again was a hot spot with 45.4% white squirrels.  The highest percentage (46.8%) was observed near Morgan Heights just south of Brevard Elementary School.  The Count is not an actual census.   It represents the percentage of white versus gray forms seen on the mornings of the count, an obvious underestimate of the actual number out there.  Using other methods we have estimated the total squirrel population in the three square mile study area to be over two thousand.  Using the percentage observed in the Fall count, we can then estimate that approximately 540 of these are white.
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