Can you tell who has been here and what they were doing? If so, share your explanation on the Naturally Curious website by scrolling down to “Comments.” (Hint: those are acorns scattered on the dirt.) Answer will be revealed on Wednesday, December 4. (Photo by Ashley Wolff)
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A fox was trying to dig up a chipmunk.
December 2, 2019 at 7:51 am
A black bear digging up a chipmunk winter cache.
December 2, 2019 at 7:51 am
A bear
December 2, 2019 at 7:55 am
A giant squirrel went to Costco and bought a years supply of acorns and brought them home to put in the freezer.
December 2, 2019 at 7:56 am
A bear
December 2, 2019 at 7:56 am
I think a bear raiding a cache.
December 2, 2019 at 8:01 am
Hungry bear.
December 2, 2019 at 8:38 am
I agree with Sue.
December 2, 2019 at 8:58 am
bear digging up squirrel stash
December 2, 2019 at 8:06 am
A bear smelled the squirrel stash and dug it up
December 2, 2019 at 8:08 am
Woodchuck clearing another entrance. (Not a bear, too close to civilization.)
December 2, 2019 at 8:10 am
I think it is a coyote digging for a squirrel
December 2, 2019 at 8:21 am
A Porcupine!
December 2, 2019 at 8:23 am
My 5 year old grand daughter guesses a Bear digging for a chipmunk!
December 2, 2019 at 10:11 am
She’s mighty close, Alice!
December 2, 2019 at 2:52 pm
someone went after a chipmunk for a snack
December 2, 2019 at 8:26 am
Woodchuck—-(if there is another escape hole)
December 2, 2019 at 8:34 am
A fox’s burrow
December 2, 2019 at 8:26 am
a hungry bear….
December 2, 2019 at 8:26 am
I had similar holes and could not guess, but, given the acorn hint, perhaps a skunk or racoon (both live here, too) raiding a cache ? But I have never imagined a cache to contain so many acorns ?? !!
December 2, 2019 at 8:28 am
I agree with Louise.
December 3, 2019 at 12:54 am
a hungry bear…
December 2, 2019 at 8:28 am
Groundhog! Acorns are a decoy or a delicacy!? 🙂
❤
December 2, 2019 at 8:30 am
Black bear discovering a squirrel cache of acorns and getting excited about it!
December 2, 2019 at 8:31 am
Fox?
December 2, 2019 at 8:33 am
I’m guessing a bear, maybe going after the acorns buried by something else like a squirrel.
We see this often when bears (or skunks) go after ground wasp nests.
December 2, 2019 at 8:35 am
I think a bear did this, judging by the depth of the hole and the footprints leading away from it. But I’ve never heard of bears caching food. And why are there so many uneaten acorns if they were what the bear was after?
December 2, 2019 at 8:35 am
Black bear dug up chipmunk stash?
December 2, 2019 at 8:42 am
I first guessed coyotes digging up chipmunks. Then I saw the bear comments. I did not think bear because they would stop at the acorn stash and it looks like they worked for a meal of meat. But that could be it. The tracks could be the person’s but if not, then bear. Not knowing the time of year makes it challenging. Thanks for the post! I love thinking about mysteries.
December 2, 2019 at 8:52 am
A dog looking for his bone.
December 2, 2019 at 8:54 am
Way too big for woodchuck, which are probably asleep anyway.From the size of the dirty tracks leading away, I’m going to say bear.
December 2, 2019 at 8:55 am
I’m thinking bears…deep hole and acorns????
December 2, 2019 at 8:59 am
I think a skunk
December 2, 2019 at 9:08 am
I believe it’s from a dog or two who have caught the scent of a squirrel and it’s cache of acorns. The squirrel must be in a tree not far away scolding the dogs.
Don
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December 2, 2019 at 9:14 am
Gigantic wild turkey!
December 2, 2019 at 9:20 am
Black bear digging for (red squirrel?) cached acorns. I can see the bear tracks leading away from the hole…
December 2, 2019 at 9:28 am
Black Bear. I don’t know really but given the depth and vigorous digging and I know they love acorns!
December 2, 2019 at 9:29 am
You have the best mystery photos!
December 2, 2019 at 9:29 am
I want it to be a badger… too bad we don’t have them here… But seriously, I think it’s a bear going after a cache left by a squirrel… would the squirrels leave acorns in such a deep hole though? I agree with Susan C., I love thinking about these mysteries.
December 2, 2019 at 9:35 am
Bear digging out a chipmunk cache of food.
December 2, 2019 at 9:36 am
A fox or a coyote going after a groundhog that had stored acorns?
December 2, 2019 at 10:14 am
Looks like a gopher hole.
December 2, 2019 at 11:37 am
Racoon…
December 2, 2019 at 11:43 am
That’s what it looks like when my dog believes there’s a chipmunk in a hole in the yard! But seriously, I’m going to guess: bear after grubs. ??
December 2, 2019 at 12:02 pm
Coyote getting into a cache
December 2, 2019 at 12:16 pm
Coyote digging up acorns that squirrels hid/buried?
December 2, 2019 at 12:30 pm
I don’t think squirrel would have acorn cache in the open area like this, or so deep, so guessing it was something digging up a chipmunk stash. Very large hole. Going with bear. Think coyote or fox would have given up sooner and hole would be more narrow.
December 2, 2019 at 1:09 pm
A black bear dug up the squirrel’s cache of acorns
December 2, 2019 at 1:23 pm
A bear has found another four legged’s cache of acorns.
December 2, 2019 at 1:24 pm
A bear digging a cache of Blue Jay’s acorns.
December 2, 2019 at 1:27 pm
B4 reading any comments, my assumption was a black bear judging by the size of the hole.
I see a large cache of acorns immediately around the hole too. However, skunks can do this too. I’ll stick with the bear…
Bill… :~)
December 2, 2019 at 2:12 pm
Black Bear digging up a Red Squirrel cache
December 2, 2019 at 4:04 pm
Oops, changing to Black Bear digging up Eastern Chipmunk cache.
December 2, 2019 at 4:16 pm
Bear dug up a midden
December 2, 2019 at 5:54 pm
it’s a squirrel. They do dig holes to bury their acorns, and there’s no reason why that wouldn’t be one, with the acorns around it
December 2, 2019 at 6:13 pm
A marmot dug a burrow and had some acorn snacks before hibernating.
December 2, 2019 at 7:11 pm
Bear digging up a rodent’s acorn stash.
December 2, 2019 at 8:30 pm
Feral or wild boar digging out a cache of acorns.
December 2, 2019 at 10:54 pm
Looks like a black bear was digging, a mother and cup did the same on a grander scale in my back yard I had to do a lot of filling.
December 3, 2019 at 6:04 am
ooops I misspelled cub
December 3, 2019 at 6:06 am
This dig site was done by a bear getting at a ground wasp’s nest.
Mary
December 3, 2019 at 7:01 am