Mammal of the day

naturelover · #11 (**permalink**) 15-01-2008, 08:09 PM

love it love it,cheeky little devil going for the chocolate bars,how ever did he manage that,and i love the obsticle race,they are so inteligent to work all that out.

tigger · #12 (**permalink**) 15-01-2008, 08:18 PM

Is there any way this thread can become a "sticky" so that we can add to it daily?

tufftie · #13 (**permalink**) 15-01-2008, 09:08 PM

That's the Daylight Robbery 2 video (Jessica Holm) - great one of you like squirrels! Look forward to your video!

Words · #14 (**permalink**) 15-01-2008, 10:48 PM

Nice idea for a thread, though variety is going to be a bit of a problem! Here's my contribution for today: a woodmouse making off with a sultana!

tigger · #15 (**permalink**) 15-01-2008, 10:58 PM

That's really weird. I put sultanas down for my wood mouse and he ignored them! Great picture.

Words · #16 (**permalink**) 15-01-2008, 11:24 PM

I'd wondered whether they were taking them. Mainly I leave a handful to tempt the local foxes (yes, I've seen the thread on the pros and cons of that!), and the pigeons sweep up anything left in the morning. The wood mouse staple is peanuts in the bird feeder (picture from a little while ago).

tigger · #17 (**permalink**) 15-01-2008, 11:30 PM

Amazing picture! I'm starting to think that my wood mouse has made a nest in one of our bird nestboxes. Trouble is I hadn't actually put the box up yet... it's still on the floor in the lobby! I've trained the camera onto it tonight to see if I can see anything.

Jane

Words · #18 (**permalink**) 15-01-2008, 11:46 PM

It's very bold when it's mind is set on getting the peanuts. I'm usually a couple of feet away, no more, firing shots with my macro lens/flash. Ground shots are several orders more tricky as they won't keep still!

tufftie · #19 (**permalink**) 16-01-2008, 07:13 AM

They're funny things

there were some yellow necked mice living in a small nest under some corrugated iron (put out for slow worms and lizards), one was quite bold but the others scattered if i peeked under. They do seem to like peanuts and sunflower seeds. They disappeared in early autumn and were replaced by a couple of slow worms for while - curled up in the old grass nest. The nest is inside a little hollow. They went the autumn before too and came back in the spring and i'm hoping they will be back again this year...a peedie bit earlier, before i move - then i can take some photos (correction try and take some photos!

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jennyb · #20 (**permalink**) 17-01-2008, 09:15 AM

I was getting dressed this morning and happened to look out of the window as 2 foxes ran across the lawn! Guess what - no camera handy

I know there are foxes around here but we don't see them very often and I have never seen 2 together before.

I continued getting dressed and noticed 2 red kites flying overhead.

All this by 8 in the morning! Maybe today is going to be a good day.

Jenny