Tuesday, September 8, 2009

flying tree rat

Last night as Carsyn and I were reading in the living room she spotted a small squirrel clinging to our side window. We called all the troops to see this "cute" baby squirrel. As Dale approached he quickly determined that it was a flying squirrel. He, of course, caught it so the kids could observe it. We stuck it in our bug habitat and called some friends to come and see. After a few hours we released him into the wild of our backyard. Not sure why he was awake at that hour (flying squirrels are nocturnal). Maybe he wanted to see what all the daytime hub-ub is about. Whatever the reason the kids thought it was cool....



friends, do not try this at home...


2 comments:

Lisa S. said...

Awesome! My kids would have absolutely loved that! Dale is so brave!

The Wagners said...

Completely freaks me out...I could never touch it! Cool experience for you guys! :) See you soon!