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Hello Ken -
I saw two of these squirrels when I was growing up in Bear River -
about 1945. One had been shot by a rabbit hunter, the other I had caught in
a mink trap. I came to the following conclusions about them, but I do not
know if they are correct or not:
1, The squirrels are active mostly at night. In this way they are
different from the other sbuirrels - both our red squirrels and the larger
grew squirrels we used to see running on the wires in Toronto.
2. The pelts of red squirrels used to have commercial value, the NS flying
squirrels have none.
3. There are more of these animals in NS than anyone realizes.
4. I would like to know more aout them.
Roland (Barrington)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken MacAulay" <kenmacaulay@eastlink.ca>
To: "Naturens@Chebucto.Ns.Ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 12:29 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Flying Squirrel?
> Last night around 9.40 pm, I opened my patio door for a breath of air and
> was surprised to see a small animal eating bird seed by the out-door Xmas
> tree. It was very dim in the tree lights but it seemed to be a small
> squirrel but paler, shorter and wider than the usual red ones and it's
> eyes
> seemed bigger. I presume it was a flying squirrel but didn't know they
> were
> in this area or that they would be around on a winter night. I recall a
> thread on this subject a year or so ago, but can anyone comment on this
> small animal in coastal Queens County?
> Ken MacAulay
> Port Mouton, NS
>
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