Small birds, mammals and other creatures often fall into watering cans and buckets trying to access water. Always leave a twig or stick in the container so critters can climb back out.
(photo credit: CJW Vos)
^^this little deer mouse, a semi-arboreal rodent that also forages in shallow water, drowned in an ice cream pail containing only a few centimetres of water.
^^this little deer mouse, a semi-arboreal rodent that also forages in shallow water, drowned in an ice cream pail containing only a few centimetres of water.
Aside from seeds, deer mice eat beetles and other small invertebrates, especially in summer.
(photo credit: CJW Vos)
^^even good swimmers like this guy eventually tire and drown trying to escape containers.
(photo credit: Storm)
^^always give small animals an escape route by placing a twig or stick in the container,
or store empty upside down or on the side.
^^always give small animals an escape route by placing a twig or stick in the container,
or store empty upside down or on the side.
