What Is It--the animal and the bird?
Jul 22, 2012 16:42:58 #
I tried posting this yesterday, but something messed up. So I'll try again today. Both of these pictures came from our recent trip to Sunset Beach, NC. The animal looks a little like a rabbit, but has a tail like a rat (best we can tell). It may very well be a common animal we just don't recognize when we see it. The other picture is of birds that run away from the incoming water and then chase after it when it recedes again. Quite amusing to watch.
The Animal
The Birds
Jul 23, 2012 06:13:47 #
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Jul 23, 2012 08:54:32 #
Is it a nutria (sp?) Thought they were more in the Texas area
Jul 23, 2012 18:07:36 #
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Jul 23, 2012 18:52:31 #
cbdigital wrote:
First one looks like a field mouse. Second are Sandpipers.
I was going to say a mouse, they have tails like rats don't they?
Jul 23, 2012 19:26:54 #
Jul 23, 2012 19:34:51 #
Sandpipers.
They eat what the wave brings in that why it looks like
they are running from the wave
They eat what the wave brings in that why it looks like
they are running from the wave
Jul 23, 2012 19:48:55 #
On our beaches on Hilton Head Is, SC we have a street named "Spotted Sandpiper" named after the birds that seem to scurry away and towars the waves. That is my guess. Details of the feathers are not clear. The SS wings are longer than their body, they about the size of a sparrow.
Jul 23, 2012 22:00:12 #
If the animal was anywhere near fresh water I would say its a Muskrat.
Jul 23, 2012 22:47:38 #
How big is the animal? Don't think it is a muskrat at least not like the ones we have here. The head isn't right.
He is probably some kind of rat. Maybe a Marsh rat. With out some way to know the size it is hard to tell. Marsh rats are also good swimmers and are 7 to 12 inches long.
He is probably some kind of rat. Maybe a Marsh rat. With out some way to know the size it is hard to tell. Marsh rats are also good swimmers and are 7 to 12 inches long.
Jul 23, 2012 22:58:29 #
The rodent - maybe a meadow vole?
Just guessin'.......
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/meadow_vole.htm
Just guessin'.......
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/meadow_vole.htm
Jul 23, 2012 23:03:21 #
gym wrote:
The rodent - maybe a meadow vole?
Just guessin'.......
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/meadow_vole.htm
Just guessin'.......
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/meadow_vole.htm
Could be it is hard to tell without something to tell what size he is.
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