On January 26th of 2025 I watched a black squirrel mate with a gray squirrel on a tree near our house. Photos of the 2 on the tree were taken minutes later. On June 27th a mother gray squirrel was with her 2 kits, one black and one gray, on our lawn searching for acorns. Markings on the mother appear to show her as the same in both photo series. This had to be an early outing because the kits were still nursing.