No need to comment but thought you might be amused at what this site has done to my brain! For 17 years I have fought these moles, calling them every name possible, trying every means possible to get rid of them. They have destroyed my yard making it nearly impossible to mow and easy to trip in a hole. So what on earth am I doing trying to get a picture of this guy, following his digging and watching the dirt fly!
Yep- one of the hazzards of 365. Although I am deathly afraid of snakes, I found myself photographing one my friend and I found warming in the sun on the street when we were walking one day- using my zoom of course and then insisting she scare it away before we continued on our walk!
I never knew you had moles over there. I think they are fascinating creatures. I have seen live ones, and wouldn't complain if I had them in my garden. My daughter who doesn't live far from me, in a modern house in a built up area with a tiny garden had a mole for about a week, the end of last year A few mole hills, but there's not much soil depth and you could see the tunnel routes. No idea where it came from, or went to ? Certainly not I would consider mole territory.
Ugh, we had so many issues with moles when we lived in Illinois. One summer, they would be in our yard and we'd try to get rid of them. The next summer, they'd be in our neighbor's yard. We just kept chasing them back and forth.
Yeah, know what you mean Milanie. They are a royal pain around here. Haven't ever really seen one come out of the ground like that. I would definitely be sending it to someone else's yard, if I did. Great shot.
