Flying Sprites of the Night; They Glide Through Our Woods With the Greatest of Ease, Those Flying Southern Squirrels That Nobody Sees From: The Washington Post | Date: June 12, 1996| Author: | Copyright 1996 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Every night in the woods, when most humans are safely indoors, strange creatures emerge from their lairs and leap into the air, swooping silently among the trees. Very few people see them, but they are real and they live throughout this region, including in Rock Creek Park and many other wooded areas.

The little-known nocturnal creatures are flying squirrels, and experts say they are more common hereabouts than the familiar gray squirrel of the daytime.

Vagn Flyger, a retired professor of wildlife biology at the University of Maryland, is an authority on this mysterious animal, and he has ...

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