We live alone on an island in the Rangeley Lakes of Maine. I have been trapping with have-a-heart traps many red squirrels and releasing them on shore as they have become numerous and there are no predators on the island to control their population. Never having seen a “flying squirrel” I was surprised when one […]
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Flying Squirrel Questions
September 6, 2012 By Maine Nature News
Filed Under: Guest Field Notes Tagged With: Flying Squirrel, red squireel
Embden (Map 20)
March 6, 2012 By Maine Nature News
We have had a Red Bellied Woodpecker come to our suet on and off all winter. We were excited as we didn’t think they came this far north. He is very shy so we have to be careful not to make a sudden move while watching out the sliding door. Now we worry that he […]
Filed Under: Guest Field Notes, Squirrels, Porcupine, Chipmunk Rodents, Woodpeckers & Flickers Tagged With: Behemian waxwing, Flying Squirrel, red bellied woodpecker in Maine
Quoddy Nature Notes – Notes on Holiday Traveling and Reminiscing
December 11, 2011 By Fred Gralenski
It probably wasn’t the smartest thing to travel to western Massachusetts on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, but schedules were set in stone, and alternatives were inconceivable, so off we went. The storm had sort of overwhelmed the road crews, and travel on Route 9 was limited, especially for the semis trying to negotiate the up […]
Filed Under: Quoddy Nature Notes Tagged With: deer tick, Flying Squirrel, witch hazel
Flying Squirrel Question
January 17, 2011 By Maine Nature News
Editor’s note: I’m bumping this back to the top of the page in hopes of getting an answer. We have over the past month or two removed eight flying squirrels from our attic. I use a have-a-heart trap with popcorn and or meat in it. When captured I leave them about three miles away in […]
Filed Under: Questions Tagged With: Flying Squirrel
