Flying squirrel
While working on clearing the
pig
pasture Wednesday,
we flushed this flying squirrel out of its day-time hiding spot.
The squirrel scurried across the ground into the brush pile, but ten
minutes later, B.J. caught it climbing up into a holey snag.
After deliberation (would the snag fall on the fence and ruin it?), we
opted to leave the tree in place rather than cutting it down and
forcing the flying squirrel to find a new home.
Flying squirrels are
nocturnal, so day-dwellers are unlikely to see them. I spent
several evenings a decade or so ago staking out a spot where flying
squirrels were known to live, hoping to catch a glimpse. No luck
then, so I was thrilled to see this wide-eyed rodent now.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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A friend of mine use to sell feeder piglets to her neighbors to raise money.
She had them free range through a pine forest on her property. She would find a downed tree every once and awhile from her boar up rooting the shallow rooted pines.
So fixing her fencing (electrical was the most successful fencing) was one of her main repeat chores.