Hi all,

My unerstanding is that in the glaciated areas of the northeast, all
earthworms are invasive, though not all are destructive. Here's an
introductory article:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=invasive-earthworms-denude-
forests

Best wishes,

Steve


On 11/17/11 5:25 AM, "Rebecca Dobson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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:
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>> FW: [Ohio-birds] OT- domestic small mammal sightingHi all,
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>> Jim McCormac
>> Columbus, Ohio
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve
>> Cagan
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>> Subject: [Ohio-birds] OT- domestic small mammal sighting
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> OK, OK, it¹s not a bird, but I think it might be of interest to some.
>> 
>> Here in our Cleveland Heights house, we¹ve had some mice recently. We
>> dispatch them with a traditional snap trap.
>> 
>> 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...
>> 
>> This morning we had another animal like this<I¹m quite sure what we had were
>> Short-tailed Shrews.
>> 
>> It¹s a life home invader for us!
>> 
>> Think we could interest some owls???
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> 
>> Steve Cagan
>> Cleveland heioghts, Cuyahoga County
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