Think your lawn or garden doesn’t have a resident population of insectivores? Have we got shrews for you! Shrews aren’t the sort of wildlife that…
Shrews
Shrews
Pam’s Perspective From the… Pam Otto is the Manager of Natural Programs and Interpretive Services for the St. Charles Park District August 2, 2013 Think your lawn or garden doesn’t have a resident population of insectivores? Have we got shrews for you! Shrews aren’t the sort of wildlife that would normally grab your attention. Though
Shrew
We had a visitor stop by last week, unannounced but not unwelcome. He, or maybe she, was clearly on a mission, driven by instinct, hunger and a will to survive. She, or maybe he, was tiny—only a few centimeters in length—but mighty, and we marveled as it plowed purposefully forward through the woodchips beneath the