Voles in my yard?

In the last few months I have seen holes in my backyard lawn About a month ago I called in Jerry Buckingham. He felt they could possibly be caused by voles. They are tiny little creatures and he doesn't deal with them. Well, today we found what we think is a dead vole on my front walk.  They may not cause any harm but I really don't want them. How do I get rid of them? Has anyone had this problem?

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You have voles, mice, squirrels, opossums, and many other small animals in your yard.  It is part and parcel of living in the suburbs.  Getting rid of them will often have worse effects than having them, mostly knock-on effects from disrupting the ecosystem that exists in your neighborhood.  Since your yard is not a sealed ecosystem, wildlife flows through from your yard to all the others in the neighborhood, so killing your voles will only open up habitat for your neighbors' voles to move in, and you will likely kill a few other species in the mix.  Many of these small mammals eat grubs and other disruptive incest, without them the insects breed unchecked.  On the whole, it is better just to leave them alone.

And voles are adorbs!

Once serviced the home of a certain Rock Impresario.  He moved from South Orange to a few acre estate near Morristown.  He was phobic about insects......though he said it was his wife.   He quickly had mounted about 25 bug zappers to kill flying insects near his home.  By doing this he killed hundreds of predatory wasps that would have eliminated many less desirous ground insects like spiders etc

Don't mess with Mother Nature.....she is your friend

So true, Max. Moles move around among neighboring yards depending on human garden activity. They leave little burrow piles all over the back of my lawn. One season it was all out war because they were taking over. Alternatives are few or inhumaine, and so far since then, lessons painfully dealt with and learned, my lawn protocols are staying ahead of the moles' natural instincts which are undeniably detrimental to my lawn, which i love, and maintain in an environmentally sound way. In the past two decades, we've had moles in the house, getting trapped in our window wells, and lately eating our outside basement screens. I know they have nothing against me. Not to mention, it's been really warm, mammals are hungry because of the drought and confused but comfortable because of the warm temperatures. And, Winter is coming. 

I think there may be some confusion in this thread -- maybe not -- between these two animals:

The top one is a vole.

The lower one is a mole.

I had a vole in my house once.  Caught it myself with a shoe box and put it back outside.  

I had a friend who hated flying insects and had read that one dragonfly will eat thousands of mosquitoes, so he bought some dragonflies and set them free in his backyard.  

Easy to distinguish a vole from a mouse or rat, the vole has a short tail.

The vole does not leave burrow piles,just holes in the lawn. Voles look much cuter than moles, although I've only seen the dead one. Sometimes I see a neighborhood cat perched by a hole waiting to pounce.I've lived here forever and  this is something new.  I guess I'll just have to wait and see if they move on to another yard. Thanks for everyone's comments.