Beaufort 1 Report post Posted September 10, 2013 Dog-like poop high in the front yard, in a neighborhood in which dogs must be leashed (and 99% of them are) and any miscreant poopers always, as far as I've ever seen, drop near the sidewalks. Content was almost entirely hair. I would say coyote but nobody's ever seen a coyote in this neighborhood (West Dearborn, well-developed, 3/4-mile from the Rouge). No fox reports in 15 years, either. Lots of bunnies, raccoons, skunks and possums. Maybe a possum ate a mohair sweater. Sorry, no photo. It was old when I saw it and probably isn't still there. Ideas? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MG gal 5 Report post Posted September 10, 2013 I have taken a photo of the coyote scat that is frequently found in our daughter's back yard. They regularly hear them howling at night. Do the droppings you have observed look like this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beaufort 1 Report post Posted September 12, 2013 Exactly like that. You could have photographed it in my yard. So maybe a coyote did come through. I've had insomnia for months and regularly sit out by the backyard pond in the dead black of night but have never heard a coyote call, only the occasional screech owl straying from the Rouge corridor. I'll keep listening. Thanks very much for the photo! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dsmith74 16 Report post Posted September 16, 2013 Fox scat looks similar and is often full of hair, but no howling. It's about 2/3 the size of coyote (assuming both are average-size adults), but that's really hard to judge without side by side samples. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
