Comments on: The Kesler-Partnow Nature Preserve http://slatrat.com/index.php/2009/08/24/the-kesler-partnow-nature-preserve/ The Daily Doings of Steph Tue, 22 May 2012 14:22:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Leland http://slatrat.com/index.php/2009/08/24/the-kesler-partnow-nature-preserve/#comment-36338 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:12:20 +0000 http://slatrat.com/index.php/2009/08/24/the-kesler-partnow-nature-preserve/#comment-36338 Perhaps your moose was in need of some Pepto-Bismo? I would so love to live up there among the critters. How do the dogs get along with the moose? Perhaps your moose was in need of some Pepto-Bismo?

I would so love to live up there among the critters. How do the dogs get along with the moose?

]]> by: Carol http://slatrat.com/index.php/2009/08/24/the-kesler-partnow-nature-preserve/#comment-36334 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:07:33 +0000 http://slatrat.com/index.php/2009/08/24/the-kesler-partnow-nature-preserve/#comment-36334 Looks like a big pile of nothing good to step in to me. Looks like a big pile of nothing good to step in to me.

]]> by: Steph http://slatrat.com/index.php/2009/08/24/the-kesler-partnow-nature-preserve/#comment-36332 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:44:31 +0000 http://slatrat.com/index.php/2009/08/24/the-kesler-partnow-nature-preserve/#comment-36332 Well - moose droppings have a very distinctive appearance - they're not called nuggets for nothing. Our backyard is littered with piles of moose droppings. I've also seen many many piles of brown bear scat in my day. In Alaska, brown bear scat are big piles consisting of individual big lumps that remind me of cinnamon rolls. However, I'm not the lone identifier on this. One of my other neighbors who hunts/fishes frantically removed a bunch of salmon bbq remnants from his porch after he discovered an even larger scat pile in his backyard. This part of Anchorage is also very fish rich and there are a number of bear trails within 1/4 mile of our house. And we had two brown bears who spent quite a bit of time here last year. However, this is the first year that we may have had bears in our yard. Of course, there is no way to be sure unless I actually got a picture of the defecating critter. Peter thinks it's more likely moose droppings than bear scat. Well - moose droppings have a very distinctive appearance - they’re not called nuggets for nothing. Our backyard is littered with piles of moose droppings. I’ve also seen many many piles of brown bear scat in my day. In Alaska, brown bear scat are big piles consisting of individual big lumps that remind me of cinnamon rolls. However, I’m not the lone identifier on this. One of my other neighbors who hunts/fishes frantically removed a bunch of salmon bbq remnants from his porch after he discovered an even larger scat pile in his backyard.

This part of Anchorage is also very fish rich and there are a number of bear trails within 1/4 mile of our house. And we had two brown bears who spent quite a bit of time here last year. However, this is the first year that we may have had bears in our yard.

Of course, there is no way to be sure unless I actually got a picture of the defecating critter. Peter thinks it’s more likely moose droppings than bear scat.

]]> by: Beth Dorton http://slatrat.com/index.php/2009/08/24/the-kesler-partnow-nature-preserve/#comment-36314 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:32:49 +0000 http://slatrat.com/index.php/2009/08/24/the-kesler-partnow-nature-preserve/#comment-36314 I agree with the other commenter, that's not bear scat, it's ungulate. It looks like elk, of which I've seen loads (pun intended), but given your description of size I'm assuming moose, which admittedly I have not seen. The formation of small pelletized packets is so typical of ruminants that it really leaves little doubt. More fun thinking it's bear, but especially since it coincided with your observation of the moose family, that seems to be the only conclusion to draw. Living in rural Pennsylvania, and walking 5-10 miles nearly every day, with a family of black bears not a half mile from the house, I have occasion to see lots of bear scat and it it's more dog-like in form. Beth I agree with the other commenter, that’s not bear scat, it’s ungulate. It looks like elk, of which I’ve seen loads (pun intended), but given your description of size I’m assuming moose, which admittedly I have not seen. The formation of small pelletized packets is so typical of ruminants that it really leaves little doubt. More fun thinking it’s bear, but especially since it coincided with your observation of the moose family, that seems to be the only conclusion to draw. Living in rural Pennsylvania, and walking 5-10 miles nearly every day, with a family of black bears not a half mile from the house, I have occasion to see lots of bear scat and it it’s more dog-like in form.
Beth

]]> by: Steph http://slatrat.com/index.php/2009/08/24/the-kesler-partnow-nature-preserve/#comment-36313 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:39:21 +0000 http://slatrat.com/index.php/2009/08/24/the-kesler-partnow-nature-preserve/#comment-36313 Ooh - it's been a long time since FQ posted a comment! Welcome back!!!! But in this particular case, you seem to have difficulty telling one pile of scat from another. Of course, that's nothing new. :-) Ooh - it’s been a long time since FQ posted a comment! Welcome back!!!! But in this particular case, you seem to have difficulty telling one pile of scat from another. Of course, that’s nothing new. :-)

]]> by: F http://slatrat.com/index.php/2009/08/24/the-kesler-partnow-nature-preserve/#comment-36312 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:34:31 +0000 http://slatrat.com/index.php/2009/08/24/the-kesler-partnow-nature-preserve/#comment-36312 I thinks that mooose chit, no bear. I look close, almost violait my patant. I thinks that mooose chit, no bear. I look close, almost violait my patant.

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