What Is It--the animal and the bird?
Jul 24, 2012 01:46:02 #
Looks like a Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) to me.
The Meadow Vole, or "Field Mouse," is a small, common rodent that lives in grassy fields, woodland, marshes, and along lakes and rivers.
It is five to seven inches long, counting the tail, and usually weighs only and ounce or two. Meadow Voles' color can vary from yellowish-brown to reddish-brown to blackish-brown. They are normally gray on their underparts.
Meadow Voles make nests in clumps of grass, using materials such as dry grass, sedges, and weeds. From their nests, they build "runways," like tunnels beneath the grass and plants.
Meadow Voles are most active at night during the Summer, and during the day if its Winter. They are less active when there's a full moon.
The Meadow Vole, or "Field Mouse," is a small, common rodent that lives in grassy fields, woodland, marshes, and along lakes and rivers.
It is five to seven inches long, counting the tail, and usually weighs only and ounce or two. Meadow Voles' color can vary from yellowish-brown to reddish-brown to blackish-brown. They are normally gray on their underparts.
Meadow Voles make nests in clumps of grass, using materials such as dry grass, sedges, and weeds. From their nests, they build "runways," like tunnels beneath the grass and plants.
Meadow Voles are most active at night during the Summer, and during the day if its Winter. They are less active when there's a full moon.
Jul 26, 2012 15:59:55 #
The mammal is a cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus. A small, native rat that is at home in grassy, overgrown areas. One of the most common mammals in the southeastern United States and an important prey species for many mammalian, avian, and reptilian predators. A "good" rat!
Only distantly related to the much larger, introduced Norway rat (the one found in/under buildings, around barns, dumps, granaries and the like.
Only distantly related to the much larger, introduced Norway rat (the one found in/under buildings, around barns, dumps, granaries and the like.
Jul 26, 2012 16:02:32 #
looks like either a mole or a vole, depending on the size.........could be a field mouse too but the mice that my cats bring home have tails
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