Doing Spring removal of rose collars & mulch that partially fills the collars for Winter protection. This is the first time in almost 30 years of doing this that I came across EWWWWWWWWW, possibly baby voles that never made it. They were under the mulch that I was raking away from the rosebush. It's one of my healthiest rose bushes (Hot Cocoa)

, and I have been losing them every year lately. These creatures & their mom were probably feasting on my rose canes/roots before dying. Arghhhhh