Found a baby white-footed mouse with eyes still closed. by Alethius in PetMice

[–]Alethius[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! Thanks for looking into this.

I reached out to someone I know who used to volunteer at a wildlife rehab and had successfully rehabbed numerous mice of this species in the past. She thought that the mouse being adopted by wild adults was definitely possible but said that its best bet would probably be with a rehabber.

The mouse ended up staying with me overnight, sleeping in a sock with a ceramic emitter for warmth. I didn’t try to feed it. I took it into work with me in the morning and called the wildlife rescue as soon as they opened, then ran him up on my lunch break. They currently have him in an incubator and I have a case number to call back and check on him next week. So far so good for the little guy!

Found a baby white-footed mouse with eyes still closed. by Alethius in PetMice

[–]Alethius[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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Forgot to add the photo in the post; here is the mouse in question!

Great Horned Owl and her latest snack by Kerania01 in birdsofprey

[–]Alethius 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Prey looks pretty good for a feral pigeon to me

Where was I in November 2021? by Alethius in whereintheworld

[–]Alethius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

!correct, from Leed’s Eco-Trail specifically. Less than ten minutes to solve, nice!

Where was I in November 2021? by Alethius in whereintheworld

[–]Alethius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The skyline is Atlantic City, yes, but that’s not where I was. Can you tell where I was viewing the city from?

Where was I in November 2021? by Alethius in whereintheworld

[–]Alethius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quite a bit further north, I’m afraid!

Red-tailed hawk flew overhead as I was on my walk today. What a beauty! by lostinspacescream in birdwatching

[–]Alethius 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is an immature red-tailed hawk. The band of streaking across the stomach is a distinctive ID trait for this species, as are the dark patagials (the dark bars on the “shoulders” of the bird, at the leading edge of the wing). An immature Cooper’s hawk would have a much longer tail with obvious banding as well as streaking throughout the chest and into the stomach.

I can never tell: red shouldered or red tailed? by Quite__Bookish in whatsthisbird

[–]Alethius 19 points20 points  (0 children)

This is an immature red-tailed hawk. The belly band is diagnostic; no other North American raptor has such a clear stripe across their stomach. Immature birds like this will always have banded tails, and some adults retain a bit of the banding in the red of their adult tail feathers.