I see a Flying Squirrel almost nightly at my feeders. He/she feeds off
the suet and the seed feeders. They have such sweet faces with their
big eyes and yes they are quick. Mine climb all over the feeder post
moving from one feeder to the other and when he's ready to leave its a
quick leap into the evergreens and then it disappears.

There are patterns for flying squirrel nest boxes out their somewhere.
I know Paul Dye from Corson Wildlife Refuge near Lake Stevens, Wa has
put up numerous boxes with good results.

Yvonne
Everett, Wa
ravenn at premier1.net
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leerentz wrote:
>
> Last night at midnight we went to the door, flicked on the
> deck light, and looked out into the rain. We were surprised
> to see a northern flying squirrel quietly eating sunflower
> seeds on our platform feeder. It continued to feed while we
> talked and examined it with our binoculars from ten feet
> away. Then we briefly looked down at the Peterson mammal
> book to read the description of flying squirrels; when we
> looked up again it had vanished like a spectre in the night.
>
> I am now wondering if the huge pile of dry moss I cleaned
> out of our screech owl-sized nest box last spring was
> bedding material for a flying squirrel. If so, I feel bad
> for stealing his bed.
>
> Have any other Tweets hosted flying squirrels?
>
> Lee & Karen Rentz
> Shelton, WA
> leerentz at ix.netcom.com