Hello,
It is fall again, and unlike the past four years, I am no longer trapping. Yes even PhD field seasons come to an end. It feels strange.
Last summer and fall was very busy and I trapped lots of squirrels in both fragmented and contiguous plots. Numbers however, were much lower than in 2006 and 2007. I have am working on writing up my final results for the survival and movement analysis. One of the most exciting things that we found last year was the occurence of five double litters. This has not been reported before for flying squirrels.
Here is a picture of 3 baby flying squirrels found in a nest outside of Fundy National Park. They are about 40g in size (teenagers). A bit hard to hold on to!
Cheers,
Matt
Here is a picture of 3 baby flying squirrels found in a nest outside of Fundy National Park. They are about 40g in size (teenagers). A bit hard to hold on to!
Cheers,
Matt
Crew from 2007!
Truffles (some squirrel food) Picture by Dr. David Malloch
1 comment:
Hi Matt ~
I've been reading up on your project and I wanted to let you know that your hard work is appreciated.
My husband and I have just moved our mini-home on a wooded lot near Caissie Cape (Grande-Digue) in July, and we suspect that we have a flying squirrel as an uninvited house guest. However, this unique animal is so interesting that we want to keep him! We're reading up on him, or her, to find out as much as we can about this fascinating New Brunswick species. Your research is great.
When we first arrived back from Australia in March of this year, we stayed with my sister, who lives just up the road from us, and she had two flying squirrels staying in her barn all winter. She fed them sunflower seeds. Maybe this one is an offspring, who knows? I have a few birdfeeders around our home, so I think that is how this one is surviving. What do they like to eat besides seeds that I could give him/her?
Thanks for any information!
Stella Raymonde
botanicals@soulopen.com
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