#voles — Public Fediverse posts

How To Keep Voles From Destroying Your Garden https://www.allforgardening.com/1722144/how-to-keep-voles-from-destroying-your-garden/ #garden #GroundCover #HardwareCloth #HowToGetRidOfVoles #RobertPierce #SheldonOwen #VoleControl #Voles #WildlifeExtensionSpecialist

How To Keep Voles From Destroying Your Garden https://www.allforgardening.com/1722144/how-to-keep-voles-from-destroying-your-garden/ #garden #GroundCover #HardwareCloth #HowToGetRidOfVoles #RobertPierce #SheldonOwen #VoleControl #Voles #WildlifeExtensionSpecialist

Human behavioral studies indicate that people have stronger social affinity for people with matched 'neurotypes'. This study reveals a similar phenomenon in #PrairieVoles; #voles have higher #social affinity for the opposite sex when placed in matched- versus mixed-neurotype dyads @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4bUJjjz

Human behavioral studies indicate that people have stronger social affinity for people with matched 'neurotypes'. This study reveals a similar phenomenon in #PrairieVoles; #voles have higher #social affinity for the opposite sex when placed in matched- versus mixed-neurotype dyads @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4bUJjjz

The scientific committee of the Small Mammal Conservation Conference (SMCC) is known. Eleven scientists from eight countries will check the submitted abstracts for oral and poster presentations, and will prepare the programme. Submit your abstract and register as early bird before April:
https://smcc.habitatfoundation.org

#SMCC #discovermammals #voles #hamster #souslik #shrew #molerat #rat #squirrel #mouse #mice #Bulgaria

The scientific committee of the Small Mammal Conservation Conference (SMCC) is known. Eleven scientists from eight countries will check the submitted abstracts for oral and poster presentations, and will prepare the programme. Submit your abstract and register as early bird before April:
https://smcc.habitatfoundation.org

#SMCC #discovermammals #voles #hamster #souslik #shrew #molerat #rat #squirrel #mouse #mice #Bulgaria

A vole looks surprised as it is carried away in the talons of a white-tailed kite in Mountain View, California, US, in July
Photograph: Sha Lu/SWNS

#photography
#birds
#kites
#voles

A vole looks surprised as it is carried away in the talons of a white-tailed kite in Mountain View, California, US, in July
Photograph: Sha Lu/SWNS

#photography
#birds
#kites
#voles

Here's a throwback to a very still winter's day at the start of the year.
The Green Shores team have spotted what we assume was a water vole -it was too fast to be sure- hopping into and swimming in these naturally forming salt pans.
Salt pans are a bit like rock pools without the rocks, where water remains when the tide is out.
Restoring saltmarsh provides more habitat for all the saltmarsh creatures.
#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #voles #Biodiversity

Here's a throwback to a very still winter's day at the start of the year.
The Green Shores team have spotted what we assume was a water vole -it was too fast to be sure- hopping into and swimming in these naturally forming salt pans.
Salt pans are a bit like rock pools without the rocks, where water remains when the tide is out.
Restoring saltmarsh provides more habitat for all the saltmarsh creatures.
#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #voles #Biodiversity

California Voles (Microtus californicus) stay active year-round, especially at dawn and dusk. As they scurry through their runways, they leave scent trails with urine to track where they’ve been and who else has passed by.

#voles #mammals #wildlife #nature #california

I rescued a vole from the window well. I scooped it up in a metal bucket and the vole drank the little bit of water left in the bucket long enough to pose for a picture.
#animals #voles

Water #voles bounce back in key areas but distribution across UK declines - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/23/water-voles-bounce-back-in-key-areas-but-distribution-across-uk-declines "Efforts to eradicate American mink help boost population of river-residing mammal in 11 areas of country"

Water #voles bounce back in key areas but distribution across UK declines - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/23/water-voles-bounce-back-in-key-areas-but-distribution-across-uk-declines "Efforts to eradicate American mink help boost population of river-residing mammal in 11 areas of country"

Squirrels spotted hunting and eating animals for first time.

Flesh-eating #squirrels that hunt down and devour #voles have been spotted for the first time in the wild.

Until now, squirrels were thought to be primarily #vegetarian, cramming their cheeks full of seeds and nuts, which they often bury in underground stores to get through the colder months.

Biologists were amazed to see #California ground squirrels chasing and killing voles in predatory behaviour

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/squirrels-spotted-hunting-and-eating-animals-for-first-time/R2HECXUCOBGFDKYVXHHU6VVLAI/

Squirrels spotted hunting and eating animals for first time.

Flesh-eating #squirrels that hunt down and devour #voles have been spotted for the first time in the wild.

Until now, squirrels were thought to be primarily #vegetarian, cramming their cheeks full of seeds and nuts, which they often bury in underground stores to get through the colder months.

Biologists were amazed to see #California ground squirrels chasing and killing voles in predatory behaviour

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/squirrels-spotted-hunting-and-eating-animals-for-first-time/R2HECXUCOBGFDKYVXHHU6VVLAI/

Harris meets with small team as she builds a campaign on the fly

As Vice President Kamala Harris ramps up a presidential campaign with almost unprecedented speed,
she has been meeting quietly but regularly with a small group of close aides to go over everything
from upcoming speeches
to her convention address and debate preparation.

Sometimes the meetings are at Harris’s official residence in the Naval Observatory;
other times, in deference to her intensifying travel schedule, they take place on the road, with some aides joining via Zoom.

The group, which started convening in June to prepare Harris for what was expected to be a vice-presidential debate,
has now become the closest thing she has to a brain trust.

The team includes #Lorraine #Voles and #Sheila #Nix, her chiefs of staff at the White House and campaign respectively.

Also included are #Karen #Dunn, who helped Harris prepare for her 2020 debate,

and #Rohini #Kosoglu, a longtime policy adviser.

Harris, supplied with briefing books by her aides,
often spends time in the mornings or aboard Air Force Two reviewing materials assembled by these aides and others,
taking notes and making edits.

#Philippe #Reines, a longtime aide to Hillary Clinton, has been lined up to play the part of Trump in debate practice.

The meetings are a reminder that Harris is assembling a campaign on the fly.

Less than a month will have elapsed between President Joe Biden’s exit from the race on July 21, making Harris the likely nominee,
and the kickoff of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19.

That provides a tiny window for Harris to figure out how she wants to talk to voters and shape her message.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/09/harris-trump-debate-plans/

Harris meets with small team as she builds a campaign on the fly

As Vice President Kamala Harris ramps up a presidential campaign with almost unprecedented speed,
she has been meeting quietly but regularly with a small group of close aides to go over everything
from upcoming speeches
to her convention address and debate preparation.

Sometimes the meetings are at Harris’s official residence in the Naval Observatory;
other times, in deference to her intensifying travel schedule, they take place on the road, with some aides joining via Zoom.

The group, which started convening in June to prepare Harris for what was expected to be a vice-presidential debate,
has now become the closest thing she has to a brain trust.

The team includes #Lorraine #Voles and #Sheila #Nix, her chiefs of staff at the White House and campaign respectively.

Also included are #Karen #Dunn, who helped Harris prepare for her 2020 debate,

and #Rohini #Kosoglu, a longtime policy adviser.

Harris, supplied with briefing books by her aides,
often spends time in the mornings or aboard Air Force Two reviewing materials assembled by these aides and others,
taking notes and making edits.

#Philippe #Reines, a longtime aide to Hillary Clinton, has been lined up to play the part of Trump in debate practice.

The meetings are a reminder that Harris is assembling a campaign on the fly.

Less than a month will have elapsed between President Joe Biden’s exit from the race on July 21, making Harris the likely nominee,
and the kickoff of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19.

That provides a tiny window for Harris to figure out how she wants to talk to voters and shape her message.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/09/harris-trump-debate-plans/

Plusieurs #ordinateurs contenant des #données sensibles sur des centrales #nucléaires #volés à #Marseille
https://www.clubic.com/actualite-534015-plusieurs-ordinateurs-contenant-des-donnees-sensibles-sur-des-centrales-nucleaires-voles-a-marseille.html

Plusieurs #ordinateurs contenant des #données sensibles sur des centrales #nucléaires #volés à #Marseille
https://www.clubic.com/actualite-534015-plusieurs-ordinateurs-contenant-des-donnees-sensibles-sur-des-centrales-nucleaires-voles-a-marseille.html

Beavers create habitat suitable for #WaterVoles in Scottish rainforest
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/17/beavers-create-habitat-suitable-for-water-voles-in-scottish-rainforest

"The #voles, once abundant in #Scotland but now one of the country’s most threatened #animals, could thrive in the complex boundary between water and land that #beavers have created in Knapdale since their #reintroduction there in 2009... They’ve increased the edge habitat: instead of a harsh change from water to land, the edges along the burns and lochs are softened and seasonally flooded."

Beavers create habitat suitable for #WaterVoles in Scottish rainforest
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/17/beavers-create-habitat-suitable-for-water-voles-in-scottish-rainforest

"The #voles, once abundant in #Scotland but now one of the country’s most threatened #animals, could thrive in the complex boundary between water and land that #beavers have created in Knapdale since their #reintroduction there in 2009... They’ve increased the edge habitat: instead of a harsh change from water to land, the edges along the burns and lochs are softened and seasonally flooded."

Furry thieves are running loose in a Maine forest https://phys.org/news/2024-05-furry-thieves-loose-maine-forest.html

Pilfering personalities: Effects of small mammal personality on cache pilferage https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.14059

"small mammal personality determines the effectiveness of pilferage in #mice and #voles, with some individuals being more successful at stealing seeds than others. The most accomplished thieves: #DeerMice... skinnier #animals & female voles were more likely to pilfer."

Furry thieves are running loose in a Maine forest https://phys.org/news/2024-05-furry-thieves-loose-maine-forest.html

Pilfering personalities: Effects of small mammal personality on cache pilferage https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.14059

"small mammal personality determines the effectiveness of pilferage in #mice and #voles, with some individuals being more successful at stealing seeds than others. The most accomplished thieves: #DeerMice... skinnier #animals & female voles were more likely to pilfer."

Bank voles are very active and agile animals, and are frequently seen - they even visit bird tables. They live in shallow burrows, but may make grassy, round nests above ground if the soil is unsuitable for digging. They have three or four litters a year, each with three to five young. Bank voles do not hibernate. [Info: The Wildlife Trusts]

#nature #voles #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #VolePhotography #VoluesOfMastodon #UK

Bank voles are very active and agile animals, and are frequently seen - they even visit bird tables. They live in shallow burrows, but may make grassy, round nests above ground if the soil is unsuitable for digging. They have three or four litters a year, each with three to five young. Bank voles do not hibernate. [Info: The Wildlife Trusts]

#nature #voles #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #VolePhotography #VoluesOfMastodon #UK

Crunching #worms, squeaking #voles, drumming #ants: how #scientists are learning to eavesdrop on the sounds of soil
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/19/scientists-wildlife-sounds-underground-species-soil-aoe

"The sound of an #earthworm is a distinctive rasping and scrunching. Ants sound like the soothing patter of rain. A passing, tunnelling #vole makes a noise like a squeaky dog’s toy repeatedly being chewed... #Soundscapes are becoming an increasingly popular way of monitoring #wildlife abundance, above ground, beneath the earth and underwater."

Crunching #worms, squeaking #voles, drumming #ants: how #scientists are learning to eavesdrop on the sounds of soil
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/19/scientists-wildlife-sounds-underground-species-soil-aoe

"The sound of an #earthworm is a distinctive rasping and scrunching. Ants sound like the soothing patter of rain. A passing, tunnelling #vole makes a noise like a squeaky dog’s toy repeatedly being chewed... #Soundscapes are becoming an increasingly popular way of monitoring #wildlife abundance, above ground, beneath the earth and underwater."

Hybrid capture-based #NGS of New and Old World #Orthohantavirus strains and wild-type #Puumala isolates from #humans and bank #voles, J Clin Virol.: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2024.105672

''We have sequenced the first complete Swedish wild-type Puumala virus genomes.
Puumala virus from humans and bank voles revealed a close phylogenetic relationship.

Hybrid capture-based #NGS of New and Old World #Orthohantavirus strains and wild-type #Puumala isolates from #humans and bank #voles, J Clin Virol.: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2024.105672

''We have sequenced the first complete Swedish wild-type Puumala virus genomes.
Puumala virus from humans and bank voles revealed a close phylogenetic relationship.

Southern Water pleads not guilty to polluting the River Test | Hampshire Chronicle
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24148204.southern-water-pleads-not-guilty-polluting-river-test/

#SouthernWater
#Pollution
#RiverTest
#FishLegal
#SiteOfSpecialScientificInterest
#Salmon
#Trout
#Otters
#Voles
#Lamprey
#Bullhead

Southern Water pleads not guilty to polluting the River Test | Hampshire Chronicle
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24148204.southern-water-pleads-not-guilty-polluting-river-test/

#SouthernWater
#Pollution
#RiverTest
#FishLegal
#SiteOfSpecialScientificInterest
#Salmon
#Trout
#Otters
#Voles
#Lamprey
#Bullhead

Snow art, courtesy of tunneling voles. #voles #snow #nature

Snow art, courtesy of tunneling voles. #voles #snow #nature

A new perspective on the taxonomy and systematics of Arvicolinae (Gray, 1821) including #voles, #lemmings, and #muskrats and a new time-calibrated phylogeny for the clade:
https://peerj.com/articles/16693/ via @PeerJ #Evolution #paleobiology #phylogeny #Taxonomy

The voles ate half my potato harvest this year. Every potato hill I turned over revealed a vole tunnel and a quarter of the remaining potatos had bite marks on them.
#gatdening #voles

Off for an Isle of Wight visit soon. Can’t find any nature tours - keen to see red squirrels, otter, water vole, lizards and eagles. Anyone know someone who might walk us around? #IOW #Squirrels #otters #voles #lizards #eagles #isleofwight

Off for an Isle of Wight visit soon. Can’t find any nature tours - keen to see red squirrels, otter, water vole, lizards and eagles. Anyone know someone who might walk us around? #IOW #Squirrels #otters #voles #lizards #eagles #isleofwight

Adorable wee Field Vole for Sunday.

Photo © Phil Winter Photography

https://www.flickr.com/photos/philwinter/10206454875

#Voles #Wildlife

Currently writing about voles and their place in the meadow ecosystem. Spoiler: they're good for more than just getting eaten.

#voles #meadows #succession #restoration

Is the coast clear?

Before popping up for a peanut (as seen in my previous Bank Vole images), these pics show the vole having a peek to check for predators (or humans).

#nature #NaturePhotography #Voles #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #VolesOfMastodon #volephotography #cute

Is the coast clear?

Before popping up for a peanut (as seen in my previous Bank Vole images), these pics show the vole having a peek to check for predators (or humans).

#nature #NaturePhotography #Voles #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #VolesOfMastodon #volephotography #cute

Thought this might of been a wood mouse, but am told it's a water vole but it's not a water vole. If anyone can help identify this mouse like rodant please comment.

. Anyway, this little fellow has made his home in an old tree stump next to a stream.

Location: Linford Lakes Nature Reserve just outside Milton Keynes, England

https://maps.app.goo.gl/BTGVuHud3cRYPsWH6

#nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #photography #voles

You can still find Water #Voles in #Norfolk tho’ rarely. This one, at #Cley, unusually stayed a while and munched on reeds as I silently watched it from a bridge #naturephotography #conservation