'Rare Critter' Spotted Climbing Trees At Colorado State Park, Video Shows

A “rare critter” was spotted climbing trees at a Colorado state park, and a park ranger captured it on video. White squirrels in North America are almost always a variation of an eastern gray squirrel, according to the White Squirrel Institute. Leucistic squirrels typically have a fully white coat and dark eyes.

Maddie Capron is a McClatchy Real-Time News Reporter focused on the outdoors and wildlife in the western U.S. She graduated from Ohio University and previously worked at CNN, the Idaho Statesman and Ohio Center for Investigative Journalism.