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HELP WITH ID #193527 11/26/09 04:59 PM Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 25 USA P PHOEBE OP Lunker OP PHOEBE Lunker P Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 25 USA Can anyone tell me what would do this. I have about 8 of these piles of dirt around my pond. There is no holes buy any of them.I dug through one and there is nothing in it. http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j282/DAMONIO/pile1.jpg http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j282/DAMONIO/pile2.jpg The date on the pics is wrong they were taken today. Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving

Re: HELP WITH ID PHOEBE #193528 11/26/09 05:08 PM Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,750 Likes: 295 Somerset, PA Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,750 Likes: 295 Somerset, PA What part of the country do you live in? Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."

Re: HELP WITH ID Sunil #193531 11/26/09 05:23 PM Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 25 USA P PHOEBE OP Lunker OP PHOEBE Lunker P Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 25 USA NE Wisconsin

Re: HELP WITH ID PHOEBE #193533 11/26/09 05:59 PM Joined: May 2004 Posts: 13,975 Likes: 277 Central Ohio Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Joined: May 2004 Posts: 13,975 Likes: 277 Central Ohio If they were here, they'd be moles. Any pushed up humps of tunnels connecting them? "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling

Re: HELP WITH ID Theo Gallus #193540 11/26/09 07:53 PM Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 28,539 Likes: 845 Grovertown, Indiana esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 28,539 Likes: 845 Grovertown, Indiana I'd guess moles as well. When they excavate "rooms" underground, very often (at least here) there are no surface tunnels connecting them, only subterranium ones. The piles of dirt in my area are more prevalent in late Fall/early Winter and in the Spring when the surface ground thaws. www.hoosierpondpros.com http://www.pondboss.com/subscribe.asp?c=4 3/4 to 1 1/4 ac pond LMB, SMB, PS, BG, RES, CC, YP, Bardello BG, (RBT & Blue Tilapia - seasonal).

Re: HELP WITH ID esshup #193545 11/26/09 08:08 PM Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,713 Likes: 35 Minnesota Dwight Administrator Lunker Dwight Administrator Lunker Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,713 Likes: 35 Minnesota Do you have Black Bears in the area? Life is Good on Bremer Pond Bremer Pond Weather

Re: HELP WITH ID Dwight #193546 11/26/09 08:20 PM Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 10,458 Likes: 2 Earth C CJBS2003 Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame Lunker CJBS2003 Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame Lunker C Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 10,458 Likes: 2 Earth I was gonna say, they look like bear crap piles at a distance. But if it's soil and not crap well it ain't that. But if is has seeds from berries it's probably bear crap.

Re: HELP WITH ID CJBS2003 #193559 11/26/09 09:14 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Likes: 1 Northeastern Indiana Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Likes: 1 Northeastern Indiana Anaconda strain nitecrawler casts? If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.

Re: HELP WITH ID Theo Gallus #193567 11/26/09 10:27 PM Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 25 USA P PHOEBE OP Lunker OP PHOEBE Lunker P Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 25 USA DON'Y SEE ANY HUMP THAT WOULD RESEMBLE TUNNELS IN BETWEEN THEM

Re: HELP WITH ID Dwight #193568 11/26/09 10:29 PM Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 25 USA P PHOEBE OP Lunker OP PHOEBE Lunker P Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 25 USA A BLACK BEAR AND A CUB WERE SEEN ABOUT 10 ACRES AWAYS FROM HERE LESS THAN AMONTH AGAO, I DIDN'T NOTICE ANY BERIES BUT I WILL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK TOMORROW ,

Re: HELP WITH ID PHOEBE #193569 11/26/09 11:28 PM Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 10,458 Likes: 2 Earth C CJBS2003 Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame Lunker CJBS2003 Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame Lunker C Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 10,458 Likes: 2 Earth It sure looks like bear crap to me when I look at the up close photo...

Re: HELP WITH ID CJBS2003 #193592 11/27/09 10:30 AM Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 3,135 big moose ny A adirondack pond Ambassador Lunker adirondack pond Ambassador Lunker A Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 3,135 big moose ny Ditto on the bear, one things for sure, she's not constipated.

Re: HELP WITH ID CJBS2003 #193657 11/28/09 10:08 AM Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 25 USA P PHOEBE OP Lunker OP PHOEBE Lunker P Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 25 USA Checked all the pills and no berries and no tunnels. Would bear crap look like just loose black dirt? No holes no tunnels no berries Just can't figure out what they could be from. Some of them are about the size of a car hub cap around Last edited by PHOEBE; 11/28/09 10:09 AM.

Re: HELP WITH ID PHOEBE #193662 11/28/09 11:24 AM Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,365 Eunice, Louisiana B bobad Lunker bobad Lunker B Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,365 Eunice, Louisiana Looks like mole to me. Carefully scrape the dirt pile off the ground. Look for a 1.5-2" hole beneath it. Now I'm looking at my neighobors pond, and thinking about making some of those dirt piles just to watch him scratch his head. Shrimp

Re: HELP WITH ID bobad #193765 11/29/09 08:26 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,934 Likes: 2 Illinois Brettski Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Brettski Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,934 Likes: 2 Illinois  Originally Posted By: bobad Now I'm looking at my neighobors pond, and thinking about making some of those dirt piles just to watch him scratch his head. don't forget to eat some berries

Re: HELP WITH ID bobad #193768 11/29/09 08:43 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Likes: 1 Northeastern Indiana Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Likes: 1 Northeastern Indiana  Originally Posted By: bobad Looks like mole to me. Carefully scrape the dirt pile off the ground. Look for a 1.5-2" hole beneath it. I think someone emptied out the flow pots for the year. If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.

Re: HELP WITH ID Cecil Baird1 #193774 11/29/09 09:03 PM Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,902 Surry Co NC R Ric Swaim Lunker Ric Swaim Lunker R Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,902 Surry Co NC I see similar mounds around here too but they're will always be the pushed up tunnels around them. In OK I saw these same mounds without the tunnels. Locals say it's moles & as a side not we always found lots of quail when we found lots of mole hills. Pond Boss Subscriber & Books Owner If you can read this ... thank a teacher. Since it's in english ... thank our military! Ric

Re: HELP WITH ID PHOEBE #193785 11/30/09 02:16 AM Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 7,099 Likes: 23 St Louis, MO area R Rainman Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame Lunker Rainman Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame Lunker R Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 7,099 Likes: 23 St Louis, MO area Looks like dung to me.

Re: HELP WITH ID Rainman #193790 11/30/09 05:21 AM Joined: May 2004 Posts: 13,975 Likes: 277 Central Ohio Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Joined: May 2004 Posts: 13,975 Likes: 277 Central Ohio Once again, the Internet's shameful lack of smell impedes meaningful information exchange. "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling

Re: HELP WITH ID Theo Gallus #193798 11/30/09 08:11 AM Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,750 Likes: 295 Somerset, PA Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,750 Likes: 295 Somerset, PA Phone a friend, but use the smell-o-phone. Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."

Re: HELP WITH ID Sunil #193826 11/30/09 01:45 PM Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 4,318 Likes: 6 Arkansas RC51 Ambassador Lunker RC51 Ambassador Lunker Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 4,318 Likes: 6 Arkansas I was fixing to say if it's dung it should have a distinct ordor hey? I mean loose dirt and dung the last I checked have a pretty big difference in smell. Well I gues I haven't really ever checked but you would think it would be pretty rank if it was dung! The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!

Re: HELP WITH ID PHOEBE #193852 11/30/09 07:10 PM Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 28,539 Likes: 845 Grovertown, Indiana esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 28,539 Likes: 845 Grovertown, Indiana I still think it's dirt. It looks like ash seeds mixed in with the dirt, and I think they would be a different color if they went thru an animal. www.hoosierpondpros.com http://www.pondboss.com/subscribe.asp?c=4 3/4 to 1 1/4 ac pond LMB, SMB, PS, BG, RES, CC, YP, Bardello BG, (RBT & Blue Tilapia - seasonal).

Re: HELP WITH ID esshup #193886 12/01/09 01:25 AM Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 888 Sunbury,Ohio H hang_loose Lunker hang_loose Lunker H Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 888 Sunbury,Ohio We get some kind of mold or fungus usually in the spring or fall on the mulch or left over leaves. The junk we get isn't that dark. Usually its a light to middle color tan.