I was thrilled to get my third species of squirrel for Central Park on Friday evening. Andrew Eastwick had reported seeing a Southern Flying Squirrel on Thursday evening, and I was fortunate to meet up with him on Friday to search for the squirrel again. After a few false starts, we found it again.

It ended up being in one of the darkest locations possible, so I was able to get some not so perfect I.D. shots. We kept track of it for about ten or fifteen minutes before we lost track of it. Sadly due to the darkness we didn’t get to see it glide.

When we had an American Red Squirrel years ago, it became a tourist attractions and some “do gooders” decided it was a good idea to feed it and bring it water. While it might have seemed to be a good idea, the daily delivery of peanuts only increased the tensions between the American Red Squirrel and the numerous Eastern Gray Squirrels in the park. So, I’ll give this nocturnal squirrel its privacy and not disclose its location.

Update: The following evening I was able to capture video of the squirrel eating, which has been added to this post.