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Voles are stockier than mice, with shorter ears and tails. As prey animals they are great at hiding. Heres how they do it.

I first noticed the large gathering of mourning doves under our bird feeder earlier this winter.

Meadow voles created the tunnels in our back field, and though infrequently seen by us, voles are a critical part of the ecosystem.

Exploring The Last Green Valley: A gathering of winter flocks This winter I’ve noticed a variety of winter bird species gathering in flocks at my feeder. Each year I expect to see several dark eyed juncos scouring the grass under our feeder. This year they arrived in late fall, right on time from nesting grounds in northern Canada. If robins and blue birds are avian harbingers of spring, then the dark eyed junco is a harbinger of winter. They’re ground feeders, and when I refill the bird fe...