Eastern moles spend nearly their entire lives underground, tunneling through loose, sandy soil in search of earthworms and grubs, which is exactly the kind of ground Cape Cod National Seashore’s dunes and the barrier-beach sand at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge offer in abundance. That underground habit means most Massachusetts records are raised tunnel ridges rather than a direct sighting of the animal itself.
Records concentrate almost entirely in July and September, with barely a handful logged the rest of the year. That narrow window likely reflects when soft, workable summer soil makes mole tunneling most visible at the surface, not a true seasonal pattern in an animal that stays active underground through every month of the year.
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