I noticed the bird feeder was in an unusual position this morning. “Damn raccoons!”, I thought.
Coming back from the library this morning I found the present that was left at my backdoor.
Back door present - overview
More detail for those of you who are strangely curious.
Back door present - detail
Looks like whatever it is has been eating some grass along with the sunflower seeds from the bird feeder.
Thinking that this wasn’t your everyday dog poop, I headed to the internet to verify a guess.
Bear scat ID pic
I found other pics here. So it certainly appears that my sample is within the bear effluent continuum.
The next time someone asks you, “Do bears $#!T in the woods?” You can safely say,”Yeah, and on decks, too!”
[Update Feb 26, 2010]
John Trontis and Tom Sheppard of the Hunterdon County Dept of Parks and Rec have confirmed that a bear dropped a deuce at the foot of my back door.
Best emailed jokes to come in (so far):
- “You’re lucky he didn’t light it up, ring the doorbell and run”
- “Yeah, but was the bear Catholic?”
My personal brain virus is the Charmin TV commercial where the young bear with personal hygiene issues is sitting on a tree branch.