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: > >> 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, it©ös not a bird, but I think it might be of interest to some. >> >> Here in our Cleveland Heights house, we©öve 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<I©öm quite sure what we had were >> Short-tailed Shrews. >> >> It©ös 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] -------------------------------------------- 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. 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