There are black squirrels here although most of them here are Titian red

My parents house is close to the woods and they have lots of squirrels that come to the bird feeder. Like your new addition, Sara, they do not look too starved.

Bluekat: Regarding west-Canadian small animals. I remember a chipmunk at Agnes Lake (near Lake Louise) who stole a big cookie right from the hand of a person at the coffieshop there. And another one who tried to drown itself in a cup of hot chocolate. They didn't seem too shy