Voles eat grasses, fruits, seeds, insects, bark and fungi. They have two or three liters per year with four to five young per litter. These small mammals are an extremely important prey base for owls, hawks, foxes and coyotes. They also have large ears, huge eyes, white bellies and fee, and a rich brown fur coat above. In contrast, the common house mouse has small eyes and oily brownish fur.
Mice feed on seeds, seeds, and more seeds, and in the fall, store large quantities.
Nests are made of soft grasses and downy materials in crevasses of trees. A mouse can have two to four litters per year with three to five young per litter. Mice can be found in old birds' nests, abandoned birdhouses, and tall grasses o the properties. Shrews are found in the suburbs and the country. These tiny animals weigh less than a fraction of an ounce and are two to four inches long.