NEW EUROPEAN RECORD 🎉

We were able to detect the Pygmy Shrews (Sorex minutus) in the high #alpine up to 3,300 m a.s.l. in #SouthTyrol #Italy, 780 metres higher than known before 🐁

New short note in #Hystrix (w/ #ChiaraPaniccia & @Eliag from https://bsky.app/profile/euracalpenv.bsky.social )

📄 https://doi.org/10.4404/hystrix-00760-2024

#PygmyShrew #Shrews #SmallMammals #Hystrix #Südtirol #AltoAdige #EuropeanAlps #BiodiversityMonitoringSouthTyrol #GLORIA #Mountains #MountainPeaks #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #Monitoring #AlpSoil_Lab #Glaciers #OetztalAlps #Sesvenna

Today, the first day of 2025, had Great Excitements with New Tails from Rodentia with Photos in the short version of my weekly Substack.

#humor #HappyNewYear #TinyDinosaurs #SmallMammals #SeedWar #TailsfromRodentia #PhotosbyJeniferHanen

https://msjen.substack.com/p/happy-2025-and-more-tails-from-rodentia

Had the Audiomoth out last night first time in ages, not sure if it will detect anything but I remembered about it after an interesting discussion on using passive accoustic monitoring to detect rats on islands. You can also use it for NocMig (recording the calls of nocturnally migrating birds overnight) which I'd never thought of!

https://www.openacousticdevices.info/audiomoth

https://somersetbat.group/advice/which-bat-detector/audiomoth/

https://nocmig.com/

#AudioMoth #AcousticMonitoring #SmallMammals

For #WildlifeWednesday I give you a vole. It was not spooked by my presence and I was able to take several images from different angles so I wondered if it was blind.

#VancouverIslandWildlife #SmallMammals #vole #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #nature #photography

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2023-05-eradication-small-mammals-vital-ecosystems.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2023-05-eradication-small-mammals-vital-ecosystems.html

Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: http://nitter.platypush.tech/physorg_com/status/1660495706686210048#m

Stop eradication of #smallmammals to protect vital ecosystems, say scientists https://phys.org/news/2023-05-eradication-small-mammals-vital-ecosystems.html

A grey squirrel and its reflection as it drinks from a stream in Central Park.

#greysquirrel #reflection #smallmammals #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo #centralpark

A chipmunk eating maple keys in Central Park.

#chipmunk #smallmammals #cute #nature #wildlife #centralpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo

An eastern cottontail rabbit in the Ramble of Central Park.

#easterncottontail #rabbit #bunny #ramble #centralpark #nycparks #mammals #smallmammals #canonphotography #lumiarneo