1. By Sean Melton

2.  The northern flying squirrel lives in dense
conifer or mixed conifer and deciduous forests.
 Breeding season runs from March to May
 The nest can be an abandoned bird nest; a
clump of twigs, moss, and shredded bark

3.  eats nuts
 Acorns
 fungi and lichens
 It may also eat fruits
 sap, bird eggs, small nestling birds and insects

4.  The northern flying squirrel can be found in…
 Canada
 northern United States
 Alaska
 Washington
 Oregon, California, North Dakota, South
Dakota,

5.  The northern flying squirrel is nocturnal and is
active throughout the year
 It is a very social animal
 It may share a nest and live in groups of eight
or more adults and juveniles.

6.  The northern flying squirrel is a small squirrel
 It is about ten inches long
 It is black, gray, and white
 When it is gliding, it uses its tail as a rudder to
help it change direction

7.  Breeding season runs from March to May
 he female gives birth to two to five young after
a gestation period of about 40 days
 It can live in woodpecker hole or tree cavity
 They learn to glide when they are about three
months old

8.  The squirrel kept launching itself from an 8-
foot-high wall-mounted lamp into a glass wall
after becoming trapped in a trauma room at
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in
Rahway Tuesday night

9.  The flying squirrel is an interesting animal to
learn about.
 It has many different facts and life styles to live
with and use.
 In this power point I learned that the flying
squirrel is important to our informant