Why ominous? And are all earthworms invasive? I have heard this before but find it hard to believe...
Becky Dobson
On Nov 17, 2011, at 12:15 AM, Jim McCormac <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> FW: [Ohio-birds] OT- domestic small mammal sightingHi all,
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> Interesting observation by Steve about one of our more common and ferocious mammals. I happened to have a conversation with John Pogacnik earlier in the day about the possible interconnection of short-tailed shrews, invasive earthworms, and predatory birds such as Eastern Screech-Owls. This is a fascinating and possibly ominous issue, and John has been making some keen observations on the topic. I hope to write a bit more about this on my blog soon.
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> Anyway, if you want to see some photos of the shrew Steve cites, and see some additional info, I wrote about them a while back, here: http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/2009/03/poisonous-mammal.html
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> Jim
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> Jim McCormac
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> Subject: [Ohio-birds] OT- domestic small mammal sighting
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> Hi all,
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> OK, OK, it¹s not a bird, but I think it might be of interest to some.
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> Here in our Cleveland Heights house, we¹ve had some mice recently. We
> dispatch them with a traditional snap trap.
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> But a few days ago, Beth saw a mouse in the basement, I set a few traps and
> yesterday morning we had one in a trap. But it looked wrong<tail too short,
> eyes too small, snout too pointy, ears too small, too gray...
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> This morning we had another animal like this<I¹m quite sure what we had were
> Short-tailed Shrews.
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> It¹s a life home invader for us!
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> Think we could interest some owls???
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> Best wishes,
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> Steve Cagan
> Cleveland heioghts, Cuyahoga County
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