A confederation of albino squirrel societies apparently exists. Here's another albino squirrel enthusiast link: http://orgs.unt.edu/asps/about.htm

I have also seen an albino squirrel scurrying through yards on the west side of downtown Shakopee. Perhaps that is also our "Whitey".....or "Snowball".... Maybe he has a larger circle of travel than we thought!

Albino squirrel alert.

Janet Pexa gives us this Oct. 4 update on “Whitey”:

Yesterday morning he was in front of my car at my 10:15 break. Then I watched him go into a dark maple tree and sit there. Then later when I came out for lunch he was gone.

This morning, though, coming into work he was sitting in the tree again. We all thought it was pretty funny because we understand that he’s a squirrel but we never saw him in a tree before. My boss, Alexandra, thinks that he is possibly going to make the tree his home for the upcoming winter. Only the best for “Whitey.”

He still doesn’t act like a squirrel because he just doesn’t tear off when you get close to him he just trots away.

Alexandra did see him with a gray squirrel, so we we’ll see if maybe in the future we see white/gray squirrels strutting around.

That’s our latest update for now. Thanks for checking to see how he is.

Janet Pexa reports that there was a confirmed sighting of the albino squirrel off of Walnut Street. "So he is alive and well. Yeahhhhhhhhh."

Albino squirrel sighting:

Janet Pexa reports: "I spotted our little buddy when I was leaving work yesterday. He was by a house behind the movie theatre. So he is alive and well."

I finally saw Whitey the albino squirrel in person on Saturday afternoon -- hanging out by the railroad tracks in front of the Rex.

Being the closest thing Chaska has to a local movie star, I decided to give him the paparazzi treatment. The photos have been added to the original posting.

Special thanks to my father (whose nickname, coincidently, is "Whitey") for spotting the squirrel.

The Herald’s albino squirrel correspondent, Janet Pexa, sent in an update of Whitey the squirrel, who resides and frolics outside of her downtown office:

“Alexandra called me to the window, and there was Whitey eating the bird seed and corn we brought. This is the first time I have seen him in a long time. Alexandra saw him the last week in January. He looks like he needs a bath. That is probably because the snow is so white that he looks a little yellow. He looks thin too.”

That same week, Pexa reports, her co-worker saw Whitey scope out a nearby hawk, sitting in the tree by the bird seed. “She was quite nervous because the Hawk went into the bushes in front of the wine store, thinking maybe the Hawk got our little buddy. All is well though, as he is munching on bird seed.

“Like everyone I’m sure he can’t wait for the season to change."

Pexa promises an update the next time she spots the squirrel.

A co-worker spotted Whitey this morning, June 19, along Pine Street near Mill House Gallery.

Whitey MIA?

Squirrel-spotter Janet Pexa hasn't spotted Whitey the albino squirrel in the last few months:

"We are worried about our friend. We keep looking at haven’t seen a trace of him. Of course were hoping for the best. Maybe he has a friend that is keeping him busy. We look at his tree that is up against our bldg and we haven’t seen him. Alexandra thinks that he has moved on the other side of 41 since that seems to be the last place he’s been spotted."

So, has anyone spotted the critter lately?

Whitey, downtown’s albino squirrel mysteriously disappeared late last year. However, it appears there may be a Whitey redux in residential Chaska.

Jean Weber sent in this shot of an albino squirrel in her backyard. This photo was taken last Friday while the squirrel fed on bird seed.

The other squirrels seem to chase the albino, Jean reports. “It appeared as if at least one of them nipped the albino, and today we have not seen it, although we have seen the other squirrels all day.”

The return of Whitey? Well, probably not. But maybe a relative. Lynn Vandergriff sent in this shot of an albino squirrel running around her Jonathan neighborhood -- last spotted Sept. 6.