My Flying Squirrels

I only recently have noticed through the help of google id discovered I had flying squirrels in the yard. It happened on Friday March the 8th while I was outside trying to scare off the Possom that has been feeding off my bird and squirrel food. I spotted it climbing up the tree right behind the possum who was very high in the tall pine. I finally gave up trying to get the Possom to get away from the feeders I have on the tree and came back to the deck.

My roommate told me, I just saw something flying from that tree to the other tree where the other feeders are closer to the house. So I got my spotlight out, and saw it scurry very quickly in and out of the box, it’s big red eyes starring at me while I shined the light on it. Being determined what the creature was that is when I went inside and realized it was a flying squirrel. I have never seen one until tonight.

Then on Saturday night after dark, after I turned off the lights, I waited in the dark in my chair and noticed movement on the tree again. It was not one but two flying squirrels. How lucky am I. I sat there for a good while watching them going from one feeder to the other, and scurrying up and down the tree. They are so different from the regular brown or grey squirrel I see.