Can someone identify this scat pile?

[Pollo Blanco]

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There is bear roaming Sommerset right now. Yep, bears in Bellevue! There was a bear in Rainier beach a few years ago. Olympia is pretty rural in comparison

 

[Rooster#3]

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i trap coons and agree with that

 

[adoptedbyachicken]

You have several options here. Gets some gloves and a few disposable tools like flat sticks and see if you can ID any food in there, set up a wildlife camera so you can see the critter, or do the red eye nightshift and see if you can see it yourself.

Or call your local wildlife control and see if they will come out and take a look, they would know best what is in your area so even talking on the phone would help you ID it. Also they may be able to find tracks.

Setting a raked area around might help you get tracks too if your soil or area around the coop are suitable. Rake and then broom off any bare dirt so if they step there you get a good impression. They may avoid the area for a few days after that but will get used to it.

 

[Miltonchix]

Black Tail Deer.
Compare the size to the fingers in the photo. Bear scat does look like that but MUCH larger. Unless it was a cub. If it is a cub, WATCH OUT FOR MOMMA!!

 

[babyblue]

fox, coon, baby bear, neighbor with issues.....? lol

 

[Xodrana]

Sasquatch.

 

[Momnpop2010]

Reading these off-the-wall replies isn't gonna be very productive in determining the culprit in my opinion

 

[chicnfarmer]

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I've seen bear scat that looked like that too, but agree - too small. Deer is a good guess too - I've seen illustrations in books of deer scat that looked like that. Like humans, animal scats can take on a wide variety of appearances depending on what the animal ate; especially from omnivorous animals. I think your best bet is to try some of the ideas already suggested: motion-activated camera, something that would preserve tracks (such as sand or mud).

 

[Murphys2009]

LOL I promise it is fox. I would put money on it!!!