Flying squill..?

[wooly]

I don't know if those little reds will be up roaming around at 3AM.

Not sure if this clip is telling enough to positively ID the little fella. Thoughts?

BTW- this cam was over a carcass just out of frame. Only vid I got of this guy.

 

[airedale]

Looks like a flying squirrel and they do come out at night, I have seen them on my bird feeders in the middle of the night.

Al

[turkeyfeathers]

Indeed a flyer. Nocturnal for the most part I do believe 

Saw a video awhile back of a high lift 100 feet in the air at a football field. Them little suckers would jump, soar and change directions that you wouldn't believe and scamper off into the bleachers.

[wooly]

Sweet!

Never seen one of them around here that I know of, so I wasn't really sure.

His tail looked kinda "flat" to me so I thought that might be a characteristic I could look into, and I heard about them being nocturnal so I sort of suspected that's what he may be.

Good thing I had the Browning here or he would have got blown out by the flash! Love these cams for the other little critters!

Got two hung at water level in a swamp yesterday to catch some wood ducks.

[turkeyfeathers]

Just a little FYI for anybody who set out "buckets of doom" to catch squirrels that are nuisance. Pull the bucket at night so you don't catch flyers by accident

[Pygmy]

Rocket J. Squirrel, at your service !

Was that video made near Frostbite Falls, Minnesota  ?

You didn't get a video of a dorky looking moose, did you   ?   " Nuthin' up my SLEEVE ".....

Footnote... " NATASHA !!  We must GET moose and SQUIRREL !! "....

Edited March 27, 2017 by Pygmy

[stubborn1VT]

Good eye on the tail Wooly.  You'll notice it's narrow too.  We have 3 juveniles that come to our bird feeder at night, but only when the weather is harsh.  They're a hoot to watch.  They had the hanging feeder spinning like a revolving door/ treadmill.  

There are lots more of them out there than people know.  You just don't see them.  Another reason that trail cameras are a cool and entertaining.