Eastern moles spend nearly all their lives below Alabama’s lawns, fields, and open woodlands, tunneling through moist soil in search of earthworms and other invertebrates. Records from Bankhead National Forest, Dauphin Island, and Gulf State Park span very different landscapes, united by diggable ground rather than a particular forest type.
February and May–June produce the most records, often after rain makes fresh surface ridges conspicuous. Raised tunnels and conical soil piles are the best clues; a mole seen above ground is an unusual encounter, not the normal way to find one.
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