[NatureNS] Northern Short Tailed Shrew

Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 10:59:01 -0300
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Great photo, Rick! Patience & persistance paid off in a perfect shot! Also, had no idea that the Northern Short Tailed Shrew was venomous.

Sincerely,

Gayle MacLean
Dartmouth

---- Rick Ballard <ideaphore@gmail.com> wrote: 
> This shrew has built a tunnel complex in a 2'x1' planter box at my cottage.
> I assume it has tunneled through the bottom. I threw some sunflower seeds
> near the entrance and was rewarded by the shrew coming out of its tunnel
> every minute or so for 20 minutes. It would dart out, grab a seed and shoot
> back, constantly at high speed, making it very hard to get a good photo.
> Here is the best of a hundred mostly blurry shots -
> Northern Short Tailed
> Shrew<http://www.flickr.com/photos/ideaphore/6007243088/in/photostream>
> .
> 
> -- 
> Rick Ballard
> Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada
> http://www.ideaphore.com

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