Roads End Naturalist

Exploring the natural world as we wander at the end of the road


Tag: southern flying squirrel

  • Anybody Home?

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    Every night in the woods, when most humans are safely indoors, strange creatures emerge from their lairs and leap into the air, swooping silently among the trees.~Michael Farquhar I was strolling the yard yesterday, looking for whatever small critters caught my eye, when I walked over to the front of the house where we have Read more…

  • Party Surprise

    I put 100 hickory nuts on my bureau at dusk one fall evening…by midnight, she had stored them all. At midnight…counted another 100 hickory nuts and spread them. The next morning, every nut was gone. She had picked up and stored 200 in one night. ~John Terres, on how many nuts his captive flying squirrel Read more…