One of the young feathertail gliders
nesting in our power box. We'll likely get a new nesting box for them soon and try to transfer them across there (and then seal up the meter-box as best we can.
Extremely cute little things, no bigger than an house mouse, but with a gorgeous feathered tail and the ability to glide between trees.
View all photos taken: Sunday, 28th August 2011, This photo: 11:53am
Incredible creatures, particularity when you see them glide.
This is unbelievable! These are one of those things that I've sort of just accepted I'll only ever spot in a zoo, but to have them nesting in a powerbox would be a dream. Make sure you get a good lot of photos for our sake, I'm certainly enjoying this one.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/aramisfirefly] I've yet to see one glide, but they sure are amazingly cute (and don't like the sound of the camera shutter, although Silent mode helps).
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/49276292@N02] Me too, pretty amazing really. I got to pat one this morning while trying to coax it out into a spot more visible to the camera. It'll be tricky moving them to a new home as the power is most definitely live inside the box, so shoving one's hands in there is not without risk.
This is pretty cute. Looking forward to the possibility [if your camera doesn't scare them too much] of more shots in the near future!
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/unrelatedpatterns] I'll leave them be for the time being until we have acquired a new nesting box for them. I don't want to scare them off before we can give them a better home.
A good excuse to shoot video - no noise :)
Wow, great work Dave, lucky to have these close to the house!
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jameslagden] D'oh! Didn't think of that James.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/38772371@N06] Absolutely!
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Dave, just sent you an e-mail, I might have a free nest box for your gliders.
Fantastic David, Love the marsupials I don't think I've ever seen a glider in person it would be great to see them in action. We have a Bandicoot that lives outside we often see & hear it during the dead of night
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/accesser] Yeah this is the first Glider I've seen outside a zoo. We also have a bandicoot who at one stage developed a taste for chicken feed.
Congratulations on this beautiful photograph.
Ghislain
Creative and original.