17 May 2014

Striped field mouse - the Prey

This is one of the many striped field mice that hang around Jack's picnic place at the Addo Elephant National Park, waiting patiently for someone to "accidentally" drop a treat. I can spend hours enjoying the little animals as much as I enjoy the big ones.

Of course being near the bottom of the food chain many fall prey to the local predators, like the Jackal Buzzard in the previous post.


4 comments:

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

He's a cutie... so busy waiting for crumbs that he forgot to be scared of you and your camera.

Firefly the Travel Guy said...

Beautiful shot. You camera takes stunning photos

Judy said...

Mice are so cute!!! I love his whiskers!

Arija said...

What a delightful little creature and photo!