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Date Posted: 14:28:30 02/17/10 Wed
Author: Beverly
Author Host/IP: 72-45-53-073-dhcp.gsv.md.atlanticbb.net / 72.45.53.73
Subject: Re: Flyers on the (under)ground
In reply to: S. Patterson 's message, "Re: Flyers on the ground" on 11:39:02 02/01/10 Mon

Underground? Astonishing! I would not have imagined that, at all!

Re: the US study ... just wondering, what would cause a 'no gliding option'? Is the study of injured fliers? I'm sure there's a 'Why did the flyer cross the street' joke in there, somewhere .... Molly Kule often ran down the hallways, of my Long Island home - but then, she had 'run' of the place, and no resident predators (Ahab the bunny never paid Molly any attention, whatsoever ....).

Fabulous photo, JV

>Actually, this is not unusual at all. Flyers come down
>to the ground much more often than is commonly
>thought. Reasons - to forage, to cache food, to dig
>for false truffles attached to the roots of trees (the
>northern flying squirrel's favourite food).
>
>My son is radio-tracking northern flyers in the Sheep
>River Mountains of Alberta and this winter he has
>found several UNDERGROUND aggregates. These
>subterranean groupings have been recorded previously
>in peer-reviewed papers by others studying the ecology
>of northern flying squirrels via radio-collars during
>winter months. The underground homes would serve to
>better regulate warmth than but the biggest old-growth
>snags.
>
>But you won't likely find a flyer far from a tree
>trunk. In communications with a grad student who is
>conducting radio-collar-based studies in the US, she
>has found that flyers presented with no gliding
>option, WILL NOT cross a simple two-lane road on foot.

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