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Alaskan Squirrel Cam
10-25-2006, 08:42 AM
Just another shot at the feeder this morning...:alright.gif

bob

http://www.thesquirrelcam.com
pia
10-25-2006, 08:52 AM
sweet:-)
Momma Squirrel
10-25-2006, 09:59 AM
Bob that is gorgeous, guess he just needed a little more before he went to bed for the day :crazy
GhosTS
10-25-2006, 10:01 AM
Bob, where were you hiding these flyers all this time.They looks great.And its nice to have a closer view.Thanks for sharing.
Alaskan Squirrel Cam
10-25-2006, 01:44 PM
Bob, where were you hiding these flyers all this time.They looks great.And its nice to have a closer view.Thanks for sharing.

Oh they have always been here, it's just dark enough now that I get to see them. I don't stay up late anymore. To old I guess and now that winter has arrived the days here grow really short, so they are out and about more.

Your welcome, I like to share. :Welcome

bob
Momma Squirrel
10-25-2006, 02:13 PM
:wott More time spent with flyers, you lucky devil :wahoo
Somebody's Mother
10-25-2006, 09:05 PM
WOW! i thought all flyers were tiny. how beautiful.:thumbsup
island rehabber
10-26-2006, 06:05 AM
What a treat this is -- to see flyers, in the wild, in Alaska, in "real time". Thanks so much Bob! :):thankyou
muffinsquirrel
10-26-2006, 09:34 AM
Bob, I LOVE your pictures of the 'yankee' flyers. I have what was supposed to be a pair of them, but I'm not sure that they are - it's just a wait and see type thing right now. Anyhow, keep sending the pix of them.

muffinsquirrel
GhosTS
10-26-2006, 09:52 AM
WOW! i thought all flyers were tiny. how beautiful.:thumbsup

You should see a wooly flying squirrel.They are huge.
Somebody's Mother
10-27-2006, 04:43 PM
yeah from what i have read the japanese giant flying squirrel is huge too.

Japanese giant flying squirrel
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?Japanese giant flying squirrel
Conservation status: Least concern (LR/lc)


Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Rodentia

Family: Sciuridae

Subfamily: Pteromyinae

Genus: Petaurista

Species: P. leucogenys


Binomial name
Petaurista leucogenys
Temminck, 1844
The Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys, Japanese: ムササビ: musasabi) is a type of flying squirrel. Like other flying squirrels it has a web of skin between its legs which it uses to glide between trees. Glides of 160 meters have been recorded. The tail is used for stability during flight flight. The body is about 25–50cm long, and the tail a further 30–40cm. It weighs between 700 and 1500g. It is much larger than the related Japanese dwarf flying squirrel which does not exceed 220g.

The squirrel is endemic to the islands of Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku in Japan. It eats fruit and nuts and lives in holes in large trees. The female has a home range of about a hectare and the male about two hectares.

Sexual maturity is reached after about two years. From winter to early summer the males compete for females. Gestation lasts about 75 days and one or two young are born in early autumn.