[NatureNS] re mole or rat or short-tailed shrew?,

Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:24:50 -0400
From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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Margaret, I would think that possibly it might have been a short-tailed
shrew?  They are common and active all winter and about the size and shape
of a meadow vole but slate-grey in colour with a pointed snout and a quite
short tail, not a naked tail like a rat would have.

Jim in Wolfville
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From: "Margaret E.Millard" <mmillard@eastlink.ca>
Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:08:41 -0400
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] birding call in show on CBC today.

I didn't really think it was a mole. Has eyes and no thingy on nose.  It is
charcoal grey, doesn't look like a mouse I am familiar with so maybe a young
small rat (?) It ran up a support that is at an angle and then the vines
make quite a heavy support. It was there a few minutes ago......lordy I hope
we don't end up with the big rats again. They weren't pleasant things, It
would challenge as we went in and out the house. We had to dispatch it I am
afraid......I was most happy to see it go. There must be a book at the
library I can get that has small creatures in it. Maybe I can find something
there.
Marg in White Point, Queens, where it is gorgeous today!!

http://margmillard.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Lauff" <randy.lauff@gmail.com>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] birding call in show on CBC today.


> On 07/12/2007, Margaret E.Millard <mmillard@eastlink.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Other wildlife on the feeder, a squirrel, a
>> grey creature...mole vole or small rat (not the right shape for the rat I
>> think) ? it is scooting all about under and up  the grapevine to the
>> feeder
>> and has trails going everywhere;
>
>
>
> Moles do not have the right foot/leg structure to "scoot" anywhere, though
> I
> understand their shovel-like hands also make them good swimmers.
>
> If it was grey, it could be a House Mouse or a Meadow Vole. I'm not sure
> if
> Meadow Voles climb well, but I suspect they do...certainly many of our
> small
> mammals do.
>
>
> Randy
> _________________________________
> RF Lauff
> Way in the boonies of
> Antigonish County, NS.
> 

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