I am seeing the weirdest little holes drilled evenly all over the property. Seriously it looks like a machine did it. They are 1" holes spaced approximately 2 feet apart. The holes are all symmetric and identical. What kind of animal has the precision and energy to do this?? Thanks.
Don’t know if yours are the same as ours but it sounds like squirrel holes to me.
The little boogers do that here, guess they are pulling acorns.
Do you have oak trees and squirrels? If you don’t have squirrels do you want some? I have way more than enough.
inch worm?
Skunk.
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I’ve watched the barn cat dig little holes like that “hunting” for something underground.
When you say 1" - do you mean one inch deep? One inch in diameter? both?
If it is one inch in diameter - like someone poking their finger into the ground, we have small birds (similar to sandpipers) that will poke their beaks into the soft soil of the pastures after rains etc.
What draftdriver said.
Moles. You have yourself a case of moleopolis.
I’m going with moles
thanks guys, they are 1" in diameter, and unknown depth. are moles active in winter?
Moles are active this time of year if the ground isn’t frozen (they’re making me crazy right now), but they usually leave a mound of dirt. Field mice on the other hand dig holes like that with no mound - and about a 1" diameter. So do rats, but their tunnels are usually bigger than 1".
You need some serious hunter cats. 
Moles or mice.
around here it could be one of the following small rodents:
moles
voles
pocket gophers
chipmunks
Abandoned rodent tunnels might subsequently be home to snakes and such.
If they are shallow holes, it might be raccoons or skunks drilling for grubs in the grass.
Mice or voles. Moles, squirrels, and chipmunks are too large to dig that size(they can certainly fit, if pressured to do so) but that is not typical.
Are the holes clean, or is there mounds around or on top of the holes? Is they soil under the grass lumpy(hard lumps)? That would point to night crawlers (huge earthworm type worms and a bloody nightmare to deal with).
Moles are not active during winter(I guess depending on your climate. The ground needs to thawed) and they make large mounds of soil over their holes and you really have to poke and dig to find the fist size hole.
I would put my money on mice. If you take your heel and push it into the ground around the holes you might be able to colapse and find a tunnel .
If you dont have pups or other curious critters around, try sprinkling some poisened grain in the holes.
I also see those holes but not to the degree of the OP.
I think it’s miniature Graboids from one of the “Tremors” movies:eek:
In reality, it’s one of any of the things apcohrs mentioned, including snakes taking over an abandoned rodent house.
Voles–look like small, short tailed moles (minus the digging paws) or oblong, tailless, short eared mice. They can reach about 3-4" in length and leave small, smooth holes all over your lawn/pastures. My yard is peppered with them right now.
Here in Florida (or other southern areas) I would suspect armadillos. They dig little holes - and eat grubs.
so many candidates!! now I want to know the real culprit. I think survellience is in order.
Yep, armadillos down her in the south.
Chupacabra.
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