I wasn’t expecting to see the flying squirrels much in the cold weather, but even with the temperatures in the single digits, January has been an easy month to find them.

I’m seeing them often eating acorns on low thin branches about 8 to 15 feet of the ground going down to caches in the base of trees. I’ve found four trees with cavities at the bottom.

The squirrels make very fast trips down to get a nut and quickly go back to their branch. There are a set of reliable trees around the Great Lawn and west of the Delacorte Theater. Some of these trees are close to street lights, so the squirrels are visible without needing special equipment. Often the squirrels are out about 45 minutes after sunset.