cweston
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Post by cweston on Jul 7, 2024 14:55:29 GMT -8
I'm not sure if wolf or bigger coyote...not good with tracks. Where do you live? Apparently in the NE USA and SE Canada, there's been a fair amount of inter-breeding between wolves and coyotes (resulting in much larger coyotes).
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Post by dustin on Jul 8, 2024 6:06:06 GMT -8
rebeccad Does it look like there are fruit seeds in the poop? If so, I'd vote raccoon. I've had them in my yard, eating my raspberries and leaving dark droppings that look similar. If you have a creek nearby, a raccoon will often travel and stay there during the day, but go foraging at night. And they are very good climbers, even though they look clumsy doing it.
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Post by rebeccad on Jul 8, 2024 6:26:32 GMT -8
dustin , there are fruit seeds, and the only reason II don’t assume raccoon is the size of the scat—that’s my size 9.5 shoe next to the pile. I’m a little fuzzy on how big a pile a raccoon will leave. I haven’t seen any raccoons around here, but it’s hard to imagine they aren’t out there in the park and the neighborhood—they are everywhere, right? ETA: finally did a little research and it does look like raccoon—even the second deposit alongside the first sounds like what they do.
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Post by dustin on Jul 8, 2024 8:20:45 GMT -8
rebeccad I don't know about you, but we sometimes get some pretty large raccoons here. I've seen some pretty large piles in my yard.
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Post by rebeccad on Jul 8, 2024 11:27:35 GMT -8
I haven’t actually seen the raccoons in my neighborhood, but they ought to be large and healthy.
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