At Camp Long in West Seattle, a part wooded, part open semi-natural area
here, that I used to regularly see American shrew moles (Neurotrichus
gibbsii) <https://naturalhistory.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=220>.
I don't know how common they are in other habitats, and other parts of the
state, but they were relatively common when, and where, I would see them
(mostly when I was doing nature programming there 7 - 18 years ago). I
would occasionally see them under the plywood boards, that I had put down
for the snakes, and various invertebrates, with an occasional one running
in sight, in the open during the day, and finding an occasional dead one in
the open .

-Stewart
www.stewardshipadventures.com

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> Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 13:06:35 -0700

> From: Don McVay <dmcvay at peak.org>

> Subject: [Tweeters] Crow and American Shrew Mole?

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> On Queen Anne we observed a crow carrying what looked like a possible

> shrew mole. The crow washed the mole in our bird bath and pecked at it a

> few times before carrying it away. It was about the size of a chickadee

> with coal black fur and a tail that looked almost as long as the body.

>

> How common are Shrew Moles?

>

> Don and Sandi

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