I Don’t Think I Even Want To Know

When I got up this morning I noticed that something had pulled up a big strip of astrotruf in the back yard and peeled it back.

What would or could do that? The wind? Unlikely. A squirrel? One of the entrances to their hidey-hole under the pergola is right there, but I don’t see them as being big enough to pull that turf loose and lift it.

Some larger predator (like a coyote) chasing after a squirrel? Maybe, but I don’t see any signs of a lot of digging around the squirrel hole.

I think the key might be all of that loose bird seed that had accumulated under that strip. The feeders are right above and there was a surprising amount of seed under the strip. Which makes me think that there might have been something like a raccoon pulling up the turf to get at all of that seed.

There is a security camera back there, and I can see where the flap shows up at 07:45 this morning, but I can’t see what’s causing it. The actual area where the flap is being pulled up is blocked by my telescope, which is sitting out on the porch with a big cover over it for protection.

Another mystery that’s just going to have to go unsolved!