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Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus: Cricetidae)

This black-winged kite was enjoying its supper with a rat on the menu. Shot from a long distance well after sunset.

This rat was obviously very intent on eating, as I was able to get within a metre and a half of it to take this photo.

Found this BSK perched atop a tree with rat under its feet near the new drain water patch. Did not even budge though he noticed me get as close to him as possible(probably knew that being a veggie I would not steal his meal! Lol). I started clicking away happily as he had his breakfast right in...

Singled out this chap, by no means the only one there. I don't think I would visit this location again until they clean it up. Rats everywhere, rubbish around the pond, and it smelt of sewage. Come on Preston, sort it out!

Brown rat feeding on bread crumbs left on a river bridge for the birds. This was taken on the Mill Stream in Dorchester, Dorset on 14th January 2012.

Ratty looking in a fishermans net whilst his back was turned.

This little Rat popped out of the hedge where I park every morning and my wife puts food on the gate for the birds.It seems that the other creatures like it too.

A regular to my new feeding station... Would not want one in my house but happy to see him tucking into the scraps tat fall to the floor

Brown Rat

A young brown rat (Ratus norvegicus) attempting to access a feeding table via a tree that a larger female had jumped from earlier in the day! He never bucked up the courage for the jump!

Now here's the evidence bit of a mission impossible but he did it. next shot may be with a .22 but I doubt it unless a whole family start appearing

I have for some weeks had fat balls going missing, well I now know why and why the little green bags keep going as well.

This was one of two rats that kept appearing over a wall and having a quick feed on some seed left out for the birds before disappearing for a short while.

During Annettes last visit to "My" Estuary she commented that it would be worthwhile leaving seed along the stone wall on the point so a bucket of Sunflower Hearts later and not a dicky bird found out why today as I waited up a family of Rats were the reason they were always eaten :) gets better...

Not everything on the feeders has feathers!! I am quite amazed that these beasties can climb up polished stainless steel poles!!

this fella was tucking in to the seed that had fallen under the feeders.

I went specifically today to Swallow Pool to take pics of cute little cygnets.... this is what I came away with !!! Not one cygnet in sight :(

After getting our new digital camera for Christmas, I went out into the backyard to see what birds I could try taking pics of...what was up in the tree...this "cute" rat!

i was photographing a phesant on some log piles wheni felt i was been watched. i looked around and saw these beedy eyes looking straight at me