Apr
6
Night Shift
Filed Under Fall 2007, Spring, Squirrels
We have bird feeders behind our house that attract (surprise, surprise) Eastern Gray Squirrels during the day. Here one stops between mouthfuls to scratch at an incredible speed. What may be a real surprise is that after the sun goes down and the Gray Squirrels bed down for the night, Southern Flying Squirrels visit the same feeders. They are quick and very difficult to photograph in action, but I caught one last night as he prepared to leap from the tree to the feeder. I’ll work on photgraphing one flying and will post it as soon as I succeed.
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I have never seen one of these before. I guess I better not feed my gray squirrels at night! I don’t kow how you ever caught this little guy but I bet a shot at a flying squirrel would really take some time and patience! Good Luck!
I remember seeing a flying squirrel in its habitat in 5th grade behind the playground of Star Hill Elementary School in Camden. It flew like one of those track/wiffle balls from the tree to a bird feeder. I will never forget it.