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Peromyscus truei
This is a pretty typical white-footed mouse except for the huge ears which are so thin they are nearly transparent. It is amazing it can live in the shrubby undergrowth without ripping them to shreds.
Madrone/Oak/Ponderosa woodland, with lots of poison oak and underbrush, in the Siskiyou Bioregion. Semi-arid summers.
The cat caught several of these inside his fenced-in enclosure, and released them in the house, often in good condition. I would live-trap them and take them back outside, which gave me an opportunity to photograph them.
Spotted on Jan 22, 2016
Submitted on Jan 22, 2016
21 Comments
Thank you all so much for your lovely comments. I am thrilled and grateful that my photos were chosen, and hope I can continue to help out here at NOAH. This is a terrific site, and I have learned an incredible amount with every spotting I post. I am SO delighted to have found a place to share the wonderful things I see in this world!
Congratulations Irene!!!!!
Congrats again on the well deserved SOTW
Grand slam! Congrats!
Well Done, Irene...you hit a home run with this spotting!
Congratulations.
Congrats Irene.
Great spotting and well done on your SOTW.
Congratulations Irene !
Congratulations Irene !
Congrats on Spotting of the Week!
Congratulations Irene Brady! This spotting has been chosen by our PN Rangers as our Spot of the Week! Thank you for sharing!
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Congratulations Irene on your Spotting of the Week! Gorgeous little thing he is. I really love the third pic too :)
Glad the cat doesn't do much damage. You'd think with those ears you'd be able to hear anything....Great spotting !
My favorite is the third pic..so cute!
Lovely spotting Irene. Thanks for sharing it.
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!
My pleasure, Antonia!
Awesome capture Irene,congrats and thanks for sharing
Cool, Ava! Glad to be the first! Thanks for the heads up!
Congratulations Irene Brady! This is the first spotting of this species on Project Noah. And so cute! I'm glad you can rescue them from the cat!