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Compost Pile & Meadow Vole nest Home to a whole bunch of Meadow Voles (I think I saw about 20), including these two:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/31995/meadow_vole_microtus_pennsylvanicus.html" title="Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/1559/31995_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=L8Qu77MW1y7Hevk7l5VJ%2FgSHnEg%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) Animal,Cricetidae,Geotagged,Mammal,Meadow vole,Microtus,Microtus pennsylvanicus,Nature,Rodent,Rodentia,United States,Vertebrate,Vole" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/32036/meadow_vole_microtus_pennsylvanicus.html" title="Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/1559/32036_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=RgYag7APOJMzV%2FPA%2BtXWNv8qNPw%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) See also:<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/32037/compost_pile_meadow_vole_nest.html<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/31995/meadow_vole_microtus_pennsylvanicus.html Animal,Cricetidae,Geotagged,Mammal,Meadow vole,Microtus,Microtus pennsylvanicus,Nature,Rodent,Rodentia,United States,Vertebrate,Vole,juvenile" /></a></figure><br /> <br /> This photo only shows about half of the compost pile. There is a pile just about the same size on the other side of the wheelbarrow.<br /> <br /> You can see one of the vole holes fairly &quot;easily&quot; in the bottom center, with a path of missing grass just in front of it. There are actually four holes visible total in this photo, but three of them I can only spot because I saw them close up, and from different angles. Geotagged,Microtus pennsylvanicus,Summer,United States,compost,compost pile,meadow vole Click/tap to enlarge

Compost Pile & Meadow Vole nest

Home to a whole bunch of Meadow Voles (I think I saw about 20), including these two:

Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) Animal,Cricetidae,Geotagged,Mammal,Meadow vole,Microtus,Microtus pennsylvanicus,Nature,Rodent,Rodentia,United States,Vertebrate,Vole

Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) See also:<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/32037/compost_pile_meadow_vole_nest.html<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/31995/meadow_vole_microtus_pennsylvanicus.html Animal,Cricetidae,Geotagged,Mammal,Meadow vole,Microtus,Microtus pennsylvanicus,Nature,Rodent,Rodentia,United States,Vertebrate,Vole,juvenile


This photo only shows about half of the compost pile. There is a pile just about the same size on the other side of the wheelbarrow.

You can see one of the vole holes fairly "easily" in the bottom center, with a path of missing grass just in front of it. There are actually four holes visible total in this photo, but three of them I can only spot because I saw them close up, and from different angles.

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    Claire Hamilton
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    How wonderful, a man made home for those lovely little creatures! Posted 10 years ago

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Uploaded Aug 9, 2015. Captured Aug 8, 2015 17:29 in 1525 Calkins Road, Pittsford, NY 14534, USA.
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  • NEX-6
  • f/5.6
  • 1/125s
  • ISO100
  • 55mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.