flying squirrel

flying squirrel by ricmcarthur
flying squirrel, a photo by ricmcarthur on Flickr.

We have flying squirrels coming to our feeders almost every night.
There have been at least 7 at one time and they chase each other off the feeder, climb over each other and squeak challenges the entire time.
They can glide incredible distances and when they land the immediately go to the far side of the tree and climb higher.
I guess when you are a snack sized morsel for an owl you have to have defensive behaviour. They are nocturnal and have large eyes.

Comments

Angie in T.O. said…
Would love to see one of these in the wild! We only have raccoons visit our feeders at night. LOL!
Thanks for sharing.

PS: It was nice to stumble upon a bird/nature blog from someone in my own province this morning. :)

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