Flying squirrel on feeding binge

[Steve Foss]

When you're sitting at the kitchen table at the cabin late at night and playing Scrabble or gin or, well, other things you don't need to know about and you see a shadow on the tree outside, you know it's a flying squirrel heading into the feeder to fatten up for winter.

These are from the cabin on Lake Beltrami, about 10 miles north of Bemidji, late on Saturday night.

Canon 20D, Canon 100-400L IS at 365mm, iso400, 1/60 at f5.6, 380EX flash, handheld

Same camera/lens, lens at 400mm, iso400, 1/250 at f10 in Av (aperature priority) mode, 380EX flash, custom function set to force shutter speed to 1/250 in Av mode and to synch with flash, handheld

[Dbl]

Nice, great capture of something I have never seen in the wild.

[The_Duckslayer]

We used to have one of them as a pet in Illinois. Found baby one in a tree that had been cut down. Made a really cool pet! They are neat animals. Have a good one and N Joy the Hunt././Jimbo

[Dotch]

Very cool Steve. Never seen one except in pictures. They stay up past my bedtime.

[catman71]

that must be quite the camera you have, the fur on that little guy looks soft...

[Ely Lake Expert]

I don't like them, one came down our chimney and caused a ruckus in the house a couple of years ago. So when I see them they meet my gun

[Blaze]

Great pics as usual, Steve.

Had one land on a big red pine about 4' from my head this summer while standing around the campfire. I dang near had to change my pants! It was the first one I've ever seen in the wild as well. Sneaky little bugger!

[irvingdog]

They live in the shed at my cabin. Eat out of my hand. Some let me pet them.

Rediculously cute. I don't put D-con in the sheds any more because i'm afraid of killing the little guys that nest in my coffee can full of bolts.

They use an old roll of insulation to pull off bedding.

I'm turning into an old softie!

[Steve Foss]

And here's my old softie (Mrs. Catfish) tempting the squirrel with a tasty dab of peanut butter.