The meadow vole occurs throughout Alaska, Canada, the northern and eastern U.S., and into parts of Mexico. It prefers, as it name suggests, meadows containing grasses, sedges, and shrubs such as ...

The Stokes Guide to Nature in Winter lists voles as the most important food source for birds of prey and many carnivorous mammals. According to Stokes, 95% of our eastern hawks’ and owls’ winter diet ...

The Eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus ... There are three species of voles in Indiana. The Meadow vole, Microtis pennsylvanicus, is the most common. People often refer to voles as meadow mice or field ...

In Michigan and much of the Midwest, two types of moles are prevalent: Eastern and star-nosed. Contrast this to a much wide variety of voles found in Michigan, including the pine, prairie, meadow ...

Eastern Corn Belt farmers have seen and heard it all this ... No-till acres are especially at risk, Eck said. "Meadow voles look like small mice with shortened tails," Eck said. "They thrive in higher ...

I don’t know what it is lately, but the mice seem to be winning. Earlier this year, the eastern meadow vole — as field mice are called in the Northeast, or Microtus Pennsylvanicus, if you ...

Commonly found throughout Idaho, the meadow vole can cause significant problems to lawns and landscapes. Meadow voles are small, chunky, ground dwelling rodents. When mature, they measure 4 ½ to ...