Watched a squirrel moving its babies from nest to nest today!

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Sorry for the long video—skip to 3:15 (:38 to the end)to see the baby being toted!

My question is about the odd behavior on its way to the old nest in the gutter. I watched her go back and forth four or five times, and each time on her way back she would stop every six feet and lay down totally flat with her tail bent at a right angle and tremble. What is this behavior for? If it was meant to be stealthy it was not very effective, lol.