Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:37:37 -0700
Reply-To: Charlie <cmmbirds@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Charlie <cmmbirds@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Success of Sorts with Owl Box. Links corrected.
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I agree with Eugenia. Cool animals, and really common. Sometimes they can even be a bit frustrating for folks who maintain bird boxes, as they love to chew, and they are almost impossible to discourage, once they have chosen a box. When I discover flying squirrels in a bird box, I usually just hang another box nearby and let the squirrels have the first one.
Charlie Muise
Lamar County
--- On Wed, 7/13/11, Eugenia R. Thompson <eroberthom@BELLSOUTH.NET> wrote:
> From: Eugenia R. Thompson <eroberthom@BELLSOUTH.NET>
> Subject: Re: [GABO-L] Success of Sorts with Owl Box. Links corrected.
> To: GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 11:14 PM
> Great pictures, Joe. I just
> love these little guys. I think they are way more
> common than we realize. I'm told that many of the
> sounds one can hear up in the trees on a cold, crisp night
> are these fellows chattering at each other.
>
> Eugenia Thompson
> Athens GA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Georgia Birders Online [mailto:GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]
> On Behalf Of Joseph D. Weissman, M.D., Ph.D.
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 10:57 PM
> To: GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: [GABO-L] Success of Sorts with Owl Box. Links
> corrected.
>
> I put this owl box up about 5 years ago and have had no
> takers. Till today.
>
> Today there are at least two flying squirrels in the owl
> box.
>
> Seem to be juveniles as they are quite curious and don't
> mind me staring at them closely.
>
> I haven't seen flying squirrels in Atlanta, not that I have
> looked specifically for them.
>
> Seems that flying squirrels can carry rickettsia and
> typhus, so I am not getting too close.
>
> How common are flying squirrels in Atlanta? Anyone else
> find them in their boxes?
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~jdweissman/IMG_8838c.jpg
> http://home.comcast.net/~jdweissman/IMG_8839c.jpg
> Joe Weissman,
> DeKalb County
>
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