Can you identify the animal?

Tatonka

Jun 3, 2015 at 3:35am Edited

Found in backyard....wondering if it was the bear

addiemoose

Jun 3, 2015 at 4:37am

looks small for bears, which usually make mounds. raccoon?

calliope

Jun 3, 2015 at 4:57am

Looks like Raccoon to me. You would be able to identify Bear because the odor is fetid.

mrincredible

Jun 3, 2015 at 5:21am

we also have the odd fox or coyote trotting through our towns. Is it possible it is one of those?

Tatonka

Jun 3, 2015 at 6:08am

We haven't moved into this house yet....I'm thinking raccoon is probably likely. Thanks for the input.

calliope

Jun 3, 2015 at 6:21am

Here is a handy guide---there is no size reference on your photos, but I am pretty sure it is not bear---might be coyote though (or raccoon)

http://www.harpercollege.edu/ls-hs/bio/dept/guide/gallery/evidence/scat/thumb.html

PeggyC

Jun 4, 2015 at 4:08am

Stray dog? And yes, size reference would help.

Sweetsnuggles

Jun 12, 2015 at 11:00am

We have found bear scat in our yard twice in the past week, and one of our fish is missing:<(.

Tom_Reingold

Jun 12, 2015 at 2:27pm

A couple of weeks ago, we found squirrel droppings in our bedroom. Yuck. This was in Ulster County, NY.

Sweetsnuggles

Jun 12, 2015 at 4:17pm

Double yuck! That would really freak me out.

Coffeegretchen

Jun 12, 2015 at 7:14pm

I saw a family of racoons near Cumberland & Rynda the other night, was this anywhere near there? I also just saw one of the babies dead on S Ridgewood about an hour ago

We are on Jefferson, near Ridgewood. I'm sorry to hear about the baby racoon. The racoons are always getting into our garbage cans, but I really don't mind them. Bears are a different story. They frighten me. ETA - link to photo of ber scat - http://icwdm.org/inspection/BlackBrownDroppings.aspx