Scat is a word we sometimes use to scare away a cat, but I’m talking about wild animal poop. When I added water to the waterfall, I saw a mess on the surrounding stone.
After taking a photo, I consulted the only scat expert I know – son John $. John lived in these mountains for years and often went camping. Surely it’s a safety thing to know how to read the woods and know what animals are near you! He quickly answered that it was raccoon scat. Just to be sure, he checked for skunk, since we have several of those hanging about this neighborhood.
That raccoon must be an efficiency expert – washing his dinner in the pool and using the bathroom at the same time!
Mehrling Muse 
Oh, my goodness!! Multitasking raccoon. LOL
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country living is very educational
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Very efficient!
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That raccoon was ungrateful, leaving such a mess after getting to use your pond for washing his food!
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You tell him, Julia!
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Raccoons have that little bit of extra talent!! 🦝🦝🦝 I have had some interesting experiences with them.
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We used to have HUGE ‘coons on our back porch on Long Island.
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I’ll post some stories about mine when I get the time. Share some of your experiences with them too if you have any special ones. I would love to read them.
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I’d love to read your raccoon stories. I’ve never interacted with them myself.
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Racoons are like that. It’s great you have an expert on the subject to consult!
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that is better than the cat water bowl; that is what the ones here do.
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Oh! My!
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I’m not practiced at identifying all scat. I thought it was a bear, but raccoons are very smart and tidy, so that makes sense!
We had friends that kept a raccoon as a pet and had the coolest cage in their house for him. He lived a long life with them, last time I saw him he was huge! He did finally pass, but they gave him many happy years.
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Nice story!
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That’s a fussy raccoon, he likes a good bidet after his number two😂😂😂😂
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Did dinner come from your pool? Are there fish or frogs in there?
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No, there are no fish or frogs in the pool. We had fish in a pool in NY, and raccoons are them.
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Racoons often eat from our pond – fish, frogs, crayfish. They usually don’t leave scat- just paw prints.
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Thank you for the info. The raccoon could not leave his paw print in stone! He left his scat print, though.
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There is always something interesting directly outside your doors! (Glad it wasn’t skunk scat💩!)
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Skunk scat is fun to say .
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😂
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Such a cool post
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Tell Rocky Raccoon to show up when he sees you have the camera handy for some additional blog fodder.
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You are always New things in post. You have an expert on the subject to consult! God blessing!
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God bless you.
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