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--Apple-Mail-10--186381763 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed I will weigh in but am no expert. Star-nosed moles are common and =20 widespread in Nova Scotia, and we have no other species of moles. =20 However, some people might confuse the short-tailed shrew with a =20 mole, because of the un-rodentlike fur and the fact that it is an =20 insectivore like moles, not a rodent. Our moles usually do not make =20 holes, but rather cause pushed-up mounds of earth (mole-hills), and =20 they are active mostly at night, I believe, and generally in wettish =20 lawn areas or edges of marshes. They do apparently come to the =20 surface or near enough to the surface to be included in the menus of =20 birds of prey like both owls and hawks. Now let's hear from others about our moles. Cheers from Jim in =20 Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Dorothy Cameron <dorth@eastlink.ca> > Date: April 16, 2012 10:01:18 AM ADT > To: Naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] holes in lawns > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > We have had =93holes=94 in our lawn over the past few years and I =20 > attribute it to a species of moles which are quite large and have =20 > very long claws. I don=92t know exactly what variety they are but =20 > could possibly be the =93Star- nosed=94 Mole which is a rather strange = =20 > looking creature. I have actually seen one (back to) after it made =20= > a hole next to my dogs outdoor pen and sat there for a few minutes =20 > ( this was just at daylight). The experts on the list will have to =20= > give the proper information as I don=92t know much about them. > > Dorothy Cameron > Popes Rd. Woods Harb. > NS --Apple-Mail-10--186381763 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> I will weigh in but am no expert. Star-nosed moles are common and = widespread in Nova Scotia, and we have no other species of moles. = However, some people might confuse the short-tailed shrew with a = mole, because of the un-rodentlike fur and the fact that it is an = insectivore like moles, not a rodent. Our moles usually do not = make holes, but rather cause pushed-up mounds of earth (mole-hills), and = they are active mostly at night, I believe, and generally in wettish = lawn areas or edges of marshes. They do apparently come to the = surface or near enough to the surface to be included in the menus of = birds of prey like both owls and hawks.<div><br></div><div>Now let's = hear from others about our moles. Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Dorothy Cameron <<a = href=3D"mailto:dorth@eastlink.ca">dorth@eastlink.ca</a>></font></div><d= iv style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">April 16, 2012 10:01:18 AM ADT</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Naturens = <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] holes in = lawns</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = class=3D"WordSection1" style=3D"page: WordSection1; "><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = ">We have had =93holes=94 in our lawn over the past few years and I = attribute it to a species of moles which are quite large and have very = long claws. I don=92t know exactly what variety they are but could = possibly be the =93Star- nosed=94 Mole which is a rather strange looking = creature. I have actually seen one (back to) after it made a hole = next to my dogs outdoor pen and sat there for a few minutes ( this was = just at daylight). The experts on the list will have to give the = proper information as I don=92t know much about = them.<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; = font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Dorothy = Cameron<o:p></o:p>&l