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<blockquote data-quote="Jos Stratford" data-source="post: 3294334" data-attributes="member: 12449"><p><strong>The BIG 50 is reached!</strong></p><p></p><p>Having spent almost ten months hiking Baltic forests and meadowlands, tracking impressive critters over umpteen kilometres and meandering over virtually every corner of the three Baltic States, I had now reached 49 species, just one to go! In recent weeks however, I had failed to find either <strong>Root Vole</strong> or <strong>Harvest Mouse</strong> in the Nemunas Delta, I had failed to find <strong>Muskrat</strong> at both Kintai and the Šalčia River, I had also failed to find <strong>House Mouse </strong>in any of several attempted locations in Vilnius city and had also drawn a blank on <strong>Black Rat</strong> at the only locality I know for them!</p><p></p><p>Shucks, I should have looked closer to home! In true style, species number 50 was a humble <strong>House Mouse </strong>in my very own home in Labanoras! Long have I known that mice wander in on occasion, but I have always supposed that they were purely <strong>Yellow-necked Mice</strong>, the more frequent species in the area. In quite a few trapping sessions in and around my cabin, <strong>Yellow-necked Mice</strong> have proved themselves ten-a-penny common, but never had I actually paid much attention to the mice in the house, a couple of kilometres away. A casual comment by an acquaintance some days earlier had got me thinking, "<em>Hmm, rather than endless sessions in Vilnius Old City, maybe I need to check those mice in my countryside house".</em></p><p></p><p>So it was, beside the sofa in the corner of a room, adjacent to a suspicious little hole, I left a pile of peanuts ...out popped a predictable <strong>Yellow-necked Mouse</strong>! No worries though, next was another mouse, a far smaller one ...yep, a <strong>House Mouse</strong>! And then there were two! So that was that, species number 50 in my living room, a classic ending to the grand Baltic Mammal Challenge.</p><p></p><p>Leaving a camera overlooking the hole for a couple of days, <strong>House Mice</strong> visited no less than 155 times, <strong>Yellow-necked Mice</strong> a mere dozen or so occasions. Guess I should be thinking about a little relocation of the beasties now, but as I don't actually use this house, I reckon they will be fine till spring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jos Stratford, post: 3294334, member: 12449"] [B]The BIG 50 is reached![/B] Having spent almost ten months hiking Baltic forests and meadowlands, tracking impressive critters over umpteen kilometres and meandering over virtually every corner of the three Baltic States, I had now reached 49 species, just one to go! In recent weeks however, I had failed to find either [B]Root Vole[/B] or [B]Harvest Mouse[/B] in the Nemunas Delta, I had failed to find [B]Muskrat[/B] at both Kintai and the Šalčia River, I had also failed to find [B]House Mouse [/B]in any of several attempted locations in Vilnius city and had also drawn a blank on [B]Black Rat[/B] at the only locality I know for them! Shucks, I should have looked closer to home! In true style, species number 50 was a humble [B]House Mouse [/B]in my very own home in Labanoras! Long have I known that mice wander in on occasion, but I have always supposed that they were purely [B]Yellow-necked Mice[/B], the more frequent species in the area. In quite a few trapping sessions in and around my cabin, [B]Yellow-necked Mice[/B] have proved themselves ten-a-penny common, but never had I actually paid much attention to the mice in the house, a couple of kilometres away. A casual comment by an acquaintance some days earlier had got me thinking, "[I]Hmm, rather than endless sessions in Vilnius Old City, maybe I need to check those mice in my countryside house".[/I] So it was, beside the sofa in the corner of a room, adjacent to a suspicious little hole, I left a pile of peanuts ...out popped a predictable [B]Yellow-necked Mouse[/B]! No worries though, next was another mouse, a far smaller one ...yep, a [B]House Mouse[/B]! And then there were two! So that was that, species number 50 in my living room, a classic ending to the grand Baltic Mammal Challenge. Leaving a camera overlooking the hole for a couple of days, [B]House Mice[/B] visited no less than 155 times, [B]Yellow-necked Mice[/B] a mere dozen or so occasions. Guess I should be thinking about a little relocation of the beasties now, but as I don't actually use this house, I reckon they will be fine till spring. [/QUOTE]
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