Garden10 said:
@ Sooby Red-pawed! 
Voles are a new one on my hit parade, I was completely ew-ed last fall to find several dead hairy grey mice accompanied by dead babies, on the floor of my garage over the course of two-three months -- it was the painter who told me they were voles. Eesh!
Yes, they look like larger mice with short tails and they can do a lot of damage to plants. They love hostas and can devour all the roots over winter. Often other critters get the blame because they're more visible, but voles are sneaky and hard to spot. If we hadn't seen this little guy run out and nip the plants off at the base and scurry off with them (or drop them if disturbed in the process) we'd never have known it was voles that were the culprit.
