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However, outside the breeding season and particularly in winter, several red squirrels may share a drey to keep warm.
After leaving the drey, a young squirrel is termed a juvenile for its first year of life.
Drey construction materials and sizes differ according to squirrel species and region.
A drey is almost always at least 20 ft above the ground, and flying squirrels build much higher.
Eastern gray squirrels build a type of nest, known as a drey, in the forks of trees, consisting mainly of dry leaves and twigs.
They are sometimes referred to as drey nests to distinguish them from squirrel cavity nests (also termed dens).
Sometimes squirrels build their own dreys and sometimes they occupy a vacant drey that was previously constructed by another tree squirrel, often of a different species.
Drey sits down and joins him.
Squirrels often build more than one in a season, as reserve nests, lest the primary drey be disturbed by predators or overrun by fleas or lice.
There may be one, or occasionally two, entrance/exit holes in a drey, usually close to the bottom and oriented toward the trunk, which keeps rain out.
Males and females may share the same nest for short times during the breeding season and during cold winter spells squirrels may share a drey to stay warm.
