I’ve been out surveying the Drakes Estero headlands for signs of change in the wildlife and environment since most of the cows were removed from the peninsula. I thought that with the grasses left ungrazed, voles would be the first to benefit, as they require the overhead cover of the last season’s dry grasses while they forage.
With their annual accordion-like population dynamics that follow the wet and dry seasons, I expected noticeable increases…