My name isn't Goldilocks

[gerisullivan]

Google Images suggests that my first reaction to the scat I saw at the edge of the yard might well have been spot on. It might not be bear scat; I haven't seen or heard about bears in these particular woods since moving here eight years ago. But it looks enough like the images "bear scat" Google Images search brought up that I wouldn't bet against it being bear until someone more knowledgeable, like batwrangler, says otherwise. I'll take another look at it tomorrow, probably with camera phone in hand.

I already follow the Living with Black Bears food and garbage guidance. If there is a bear hereabouts, I hope the noisy lawnmower convinced it to keep its distance.

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[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tips, especially the one to look outside before opening doors. If it's a moose, I doubt it would come that close to the house, but the last thing in the world I want to do is startle a moose. Or a bear.

I ran out of $$$ to fill the bird feeders 4 years ago, when I got serious about tackling the whole runaway debt thing. Except for the Hummingbird feeder. I really ought to just through the seed feeders away. Wasps have taken to nesting in at least one of them some summers.