hokey smoke, Bullwinkle!

[faithellen]

We do not have bats in our belfry (which is what I would have renamed the attic if we had).

We have at least one nest of flying squirrels (aka sugar gliders), though. And one of them popped up and looked at me and he was SOOOOO CUUUUUUUUUUTE! The guy said that if we wait a couple of weeks, the babies (of which this was one) will be old enough so that when they are live trapped and relocated, they'll be able to survive on their own. And then another guy will crawl all over the roof and seal up the little cracks through which they entered -- we have a LOT of gables, and there are small holes where some of them weren't seamed to each other properly.

(thankfully, they're not harmful, so waiting a bit doesn't mean damage)

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[netsearcher.livejournal.com]

The guy? Wildlife removal type guy?

And he said they weren't harmful, eh?

Ha. Just you wait until they're grown and there's a FULL MOON.

Then they transform into huge hairy, bloodsucking...um...well you'll see. That cute look? It's a ruse! A ruse I say. They'll swoop down and...erm...well, you'll see.

So take pictures now while they're small. And post them for us to see. :)

[cozit.livejournal.com]

*g* Yup, what do you think they based the movie Gremlins on? (giggle)

I wonder where the sugar gliders came from... they're not native, and there'd have to be a pair for them to have babies and all...

[cozit.livejournal.com]

Hmm... of course they could also really be flying squirrels, not sugar gliders... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Flying_Squirrel

I hadn't realized that they lived over so much of the country! Cute little things, aren't they?

[faithellen]

He said they were southern flying squirrels, and that sugar gliders are the same thing -- just a geographic nomenclature.

I can tell you he was adorable. I'm pretty sure my camera phone won't do a thing, but I'll see what I can do.

Just remember...

[netsearcher.livejournal.com]

...whatever you do....
don't get them wet!!

[cozit.livejournal.com]

After I sent that, I found a website with some very cute southern flying squirrel pictures. And they're everywhere, even more than the northerns!

But, he was wrong when he said that they're the same thing. Sugar gliders come from Australia.... and they're marsupials (babies in pouch and all :-)

The flying squirrels are rodents, just like every other squirrel... no pouch... though they do look just about as cute :-)

[3fingeredsalute.livejournal.com]

We have the flying squirrels in our neighborhood, too. They are so fast and so small, the neighbors have taken to baiting them with peanut butter on a tree. They come flying in from seemingly all over and land with a barely audible "tic" as their little claws hit the bark.

Very cool find! And I would love to see at least ATTEMPTS at your photos! I haven't gotten close enough or with a decent enough camera. :^)