I've heard the southern flying squirrel is common in our area but being shy and nocturnal, I've never seen one. Just a routine check of the bluebird house and look what I found. First video posted so this may take some time to get it right.
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I have only read about flying squirrels never "seen" one.
We have those small red squirrels around here...those buggers are just the right size so that when they jump on my squirrel proof birdfeeders...they are not heavy enough to pull the cage part down over the seed holes....so they sit there are eat like pigs from my feeder....If you never saw one they look like a large chipmunk with a big tail....basturdz...
We have those small red squirrels around here...those buggers are just the right size so that when they jump on my squirrel proof birdfeeders...they are not heavy enough to pull the cage part down over the seed holes....so they sit there are eat like pigs from my feeder....If you never saw one they look like a large chipmunk with a big tail....basturdz...
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I worked on a study once looking at snag density and cavity use. Toted around a video cam on a telescoping pole for checking out the contents of cavities. Scared the $%#$ out of a few napping flying squirrels.
I worked on a study once looking at snag density and cavity use. Toted around a video cam on a telescoping pole for checking out the contents of cavities. Scared the $%#$ out of a few napping flying squirrels.
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GAMMA RAY said:
Michelle, the time to see flying squirrels is after dark. Look at your feeders occasionally after dark and you very well might see them.
A few years ago a friend went up into his raised deer blind and found a nest of them up there! It did not take them long to leave.
I grew up with flying squirrels (in addition to Rocky). My sister caught and raised them. They certainly made for unique pets. The local newspaper had an article on her with the squirrels. The reporter had a big surprise when my sister called the flying squirrel from our big oak tree and it landed right on her shoulder for a peanut butter treat.
We have nocturnal and diurnal squirrels occupying the same niches here in the middlin'-far north, just working different shifts, and since it's not dark at night in midsummer, it's possible to sight them. Humans also tend to keep more late night hours as well, so we get to see the critters in action sometimes.
When my son was about five I asked him as he was zooming by once, thinking he would pause and consider, what animal he would be if he could choose. He didn't even slow, and I got a reply in the next breath, as if he'd been waiting for someone to ask: "Flying squirrel", and he was gone.
When my son was about five I asked him as he was zooming by once, thinking he would pause and consider, what animal he would be if he could choose. He didn't even slow, and I got a reply in the next breath, as if he'd been waiting for someone to ask: "Flying squirrel", and he was gone.
If you listen at dusk, sometimes you can hear them. They have a high-pitched one note call that drops in pitch at the end.
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