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I went outside for a minute and heard this squeaking noise up in our one maple tree. I knew it wasn't a bird, that it was some kind of rodent but it didn't sound anything like one of our squirrels and I couldn't imagine any reason a mouse, chipmunk or other ground rodent would be 30-40 feet up in a tree. I shined a flashlight up in the tree and the noise kept up but I couldn't see anything.
I went back to the door and just watched for a couple of minutes, then saw something swoop across the yard about 20 feet up, descending down to about 10 feet into one of our spruces. By the way it glided, I knew right away it was a flying squirrel. I walked across the yard to try and see where it landed but no luck. I would have lamented not having my camera anyway though.
I've seen them back there several times over the years but it's been a couple. I managed to get pictures and little video clips when one was in our squirrel feeder about 15 feet from the house a few years ago. I must have been quite the sight, trying to stealthily approach the window while crouched down with the camera trying not to scare it away.
The first time I saw one I thought it was a bat until I got a better look. It's always neat to see something you don't catch every day.
I wish I could have seen it, too! I've never seen one. That's really cool how you spotted it....I'm happy that other people appreciate the magic and beauty of the animals
There are flyong squirrels as far north as mid-coast Maine.They're nocturnal, though. The only ones I've actually seen were a couple that the cat brought in after a bad storm. I hear they're extremely destructive in an attic or roof space, but they're , oh, so cute!
Saw one a few years ago while walking along a fairly busy avenue in DC at dusk. It glided across the boulevard from tree to another tree and then crawled up it.
I too thought it a bat for a split second. But its flight was too linear and then the way it crawled. Realized it was my first flying squirrel. Pretty wild.
Tcrackly, that could have been a sugar glider. They're frequently mistaken for flying squirrels and at one time(Maybe still), they were a popular "fad" pet.
Did he have a little costume on & was his name Rocky? If he had a big Moose with him named Bullwinkle, I've been trying for years to get rid of the little devil. They certainly are pests.
Tcrackly, that could have been a sugar glider. They're frequently mistaken for flying squirrels and at one time(Maybe still), they were a popular "fad" pet.
Nope, this was a flying squirrel. I know what a sugar glider is and they weren't even imported before the 1980's. This was an adopted pet of a hippie-dippie chick that used to live in Chapel hill during the 60's.
I even have a hunting guide book that describes flying squirrels as a possible domestic pet. I can't imagine since they have a reputation of being destructive indoors.
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