Looks like flying squirrel to me. I agree with Wayne, they often do gain a bit
of elevation at the end of a long dive. There is no flapping as a bird or bat
would have and it appears to have the extended webbing between forelimb and
hindlimbs.
Dan Gleason
Owner, Wild Birds Unlimited of Eugene
Ornithology Instructor, retired, University of Oregon
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On Sep 24, 2021, at 7:27 AM, whoffman <whoffman@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Actually, at the bottom of a steep glide/dive a flying squirrel can have
enough momentum that it can flare and gain some altitude.
Wayne
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From: Sarah Sloane <sloane@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 9/24/21 8:03 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: sjjag@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, steve <sjaggers280@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] Re: Mystery night flier, thoughts?
A puzzle! Flying squirrels glide so, unless the tape is running backwards,
it wouldn’t be a squirrel. They would be losing altitude or, at most,
maintaining. Not gaining!!
Sarah
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On Sep 24, 2021, at 4:41 AM, Steve Jaggers <sjjag@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Not sure what to make of this image, does not look bird like to me
but................?
Caught on blink camera in wooded back of house area. I wondered about a
flying squirrel?
Steve Jaggers
South of Milwaukie
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From: Steve Jaggers <sjaggers280@xxxxxxxxx>
To: sjjag@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 09/22/2021 10:40 AM
Subject: Rear_2021-09-22T03_33_27-0700.mp4
Here is a clip from my Blink camera
