This summer the recreation department found these little beach mice living under a trash can near the sand dunes. Unfortunately, the mother was found dead nearby. So, we took them to the Wildlife Coalition in Jacksonville where they lived with a foster mom for about a month. I picked them back up about a month later, and they were a little bigger and a lot quicker (and had sharper teeth!). So, we released them close to where they were found. 
These little mice are cute, but they are also essential to the health of the sand dunes. They help repopulate sea oats which are critical to dunes. They are also food for alot of other animals living in the dune system. Some subspecies are are threatened, so it's great that we were able to return these to the wild.
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