I have many hike reports and adventures and misadventures to tell, but I think I will start with a little shit. Or a large amount, both in size and quantity. Spotted yesterday, August 6, 2011, on Sheep Canyon Trail 240 in the Mount St Helens wilderness.
No scientist, I forgot to set some scale object in the frame. The scat modules are about 2 inches.
Fibrous, uniform texture.
What do you think?
I have some theories based on this fellow’s research. And the idea that the eater that produced the shit/scat has been limited by a large & late snow year (my hiking buddy and I walked over quite a few snow patches in our approach). In fact, I think with our late (barely existent) summer the wild huckleberry crop will be poor this year in the Cascades. Not enough time to put on fruit.
August 7, 2011 at 9:04 am
Going by the size, mostly. Though I confess my only notion of what cougars leave is that it ought to look like my housecat’s, only a lot bigger :-)
August 7, 2011 at 10:06 am
I looked for “cougar scat images” and they do look like oversized kitty crumpets. :-)
August 7, 2011 at 9:12 am
I realize now that I don’t know shit.
August 7, 2011 at 10:06 am
:-) You know lots of shit. Just not about shit.
August 8, 2011 at 4:26 pm
any gal who posts crap (literally) on her blog is a friend of mine!! you rock!
August 8, 2011 at 8:34 pm
From another rocker. I still adore your salon photos! xoxox