THE WILD SIDE: Killer shrews: Tiny mammals find prey under feeders

Sunday Gazette-Mail | February 10, 2002| | Copyright

Several times each winter the phone rings, and a concerned voice asks for help. The caller reports feathers under his feeders. Not clumps of feathers, which would indicate a hawk kill, but a scattering of feathers directly beneath the feeders. I'm always ready with an explanation because I experienced this and solved the mystery years ago.

The first time I noticed a few suspicious feathers under my feeders, I found hidden among the litter of sunflower seed shells small, one-inch holes in the ground. Could mice be responsible for the feathers I'd found? I decided to find out.

I pulled up a ...

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