Anyone familiar with Black Bears (poop pic)...

[Norcal527]

I found this in my yard just now. I live in a wooded rural community in the Sierra Nevadas so there are definitely bears nearby but our subdivision has quite a few homes and I haven't seen any bear damage (trash overturned or anything like that)...does this look like bear feces? I'd say it was about 6-8 inches long so not sure what else it could be. There have been some mountain lion sightings near the community lake but this doesnt match cougar dropping pics I found online. Thoughts?

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

You might want to break it open and inspect for vegetation that hasn’t broken down like seeds. I am no expert in black bears as we have none in our ecosystem in Indiana.

 

[Anndie]

My first thought was elk. Do you have any near you ?

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

http://icwdm.org/Inspection/BlackBrownDroppings.aspx

The more I google black bear feces the more I’m leaning towards it being that. Man, just realized most of my google searches are about feces.

 

[Anndie]

Black bear poop I have seen is filled with seed and berries and it is more like a pile , not elongated and kind of folded looking, google elk poop, you will see what I mean

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

Black bear poop I have seen is filled with seed and berries and it is more like a pile , not elongated and kind of folded looking, google elk poop, you will see what I mean

All the elk feces I am seeing are pellets. That looks more like brown bear than elk. A bears feces change depending on what they are eating at the time. Especially a black bears.

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

@R2elk or @007Sean would be better than I to answer this question.

 

[EggWalrus]

http://icwdm.org/Inspection/BlackBrownDroppings.aspx

The more I google black bear feces the more I’m leaning towards it being that. Man, just realized most of my google searches are about feces.

Your ISP probably thinks you're into Skat Porn!

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

Your ISP probably thinks you're into Skat Porn!

Between feces and skeletal remains, I shudder to think what my ISP thinks.

 

[Norcal527]

No elk in Northern California. We have a lot of deer but their droppings look more like pellets.