Living in NJ, I thought I had seen everything. As far as rodents, I
always have some moles and chipmunks. But now I just noticed a section
of lawn where I have circular mounds of dirt on top of the grass.
These mounds are about the size of a large saucer or small pie and
stand several inches high. It's obvious fresh dirt from below. There
is no hole, just a round pile of dirt. In the 30 X 30 ft section of
lawn there are about 8 piles that stand out like a sore thumb.

The moles I've had for many years only dig surface tunnels, where they
push up the turf from below, not producting any surface piles. The
chipmunks just dig a nice perfect 1 1/2" round hole in the turf and
leave no dirt, so they haven't ever been a problem. But what the hell
is making this mess now? And how do I get rid of whatever it is?

moles do that.thet are making living quarters underground. not much you
can do but move the dirt away. you can trap them in the pushed up
tunnels though..lucas

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ds549 [at] webtv.net wrote:
> moles do that.thet are making living quarters underground. not much you
> can do but move the dirt away. you can trap them in the pushed up
> tunnels though..lucas
>
> http://www.minibite.com/america/malone.htm


Thanks for the input. I came to the conclusion that they must be moles
today too. Upon closer inspection, I could find some typical mole
tunnels in the area too. I guess those are the ones they run around
in, but they have deeper structures that they live in. I guess the
dirt for those has to go somewhere and that's what I'm seeing.

I put some of the mole killer bait stuff in the tunnels. We'll see
what happens. I've had some success with it in the past.