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, > > 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 > Like Nature? http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/ > Like Birds? http://www.ohiobirds.org/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Cagan > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 9:09 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > 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 > > -------------------------------------------- > > Steve Cagan, photographer > [log in to unmask] > www.stevecagan.com > www.pbase.com/stevecagan > www.stevecagan.blogspot.com > 216-932-2753 (USA) > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4415 (20090910) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4415 (20090910) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]