Ep. 268 : Do Deer Mice Eat Birds?
to know the land · May 12, 2025 · 49:11
to know the land · May 12, 2025 · 49:11
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It started with a little hole at the base of an Eastern White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis) tree, and a couple of seeds. Who had collected and consumed the contents of the seeds? What about the feathers? And the boney remnants of bill?
Join me as I go deep down a Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) hole.
To learn more :
Mammal Tracks and Sign by Mark Elbroch and Casey McFarland. Stackpole Books, 2019.
Natural History of Canadian Mammals by Donna Naughton. Canadian Museum of Nature and University of Toronto Press, 2012.
Bird Feathers by David Scott and Casey McFarland. Stackpole Books, 2010.
Animal Skulls by Mark Elbroch. Stackpole Books, 2006.
