On Sep 24, 1:16*pm, brooklyn1 wrote:
She says "It doesn't look like tunnels, as far as I can tell." *If not
tunnels then they must be depressions... if the ground is soft/muddy
and there are rug rats playing they could be making depressions with
toys, or even sticks. *Animals don't make depressions other than paw
prints and those would be easily recognizable as such. *Only thing
else I can think of is that squirrels were busy digging... they
sometimes dig net little holes to retrieve food that was buried
previously.

OMG when I first read "rug rats" I thought of real RATS and a variety
called rug rats. eeek. But, I now know you meant kids, or children,
and well, don't have any of those right now! No kids, no dog, no cat.

I do, however, have a fig tree that is dropping fruit faster than I
can pick it up off the ground. I am worried that is attracting
something like... real rug rats!

thanks for everyone's input...
Karen

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On Sep 24, 12:14 pm, "SteveB" wrote:
Define "hole". Is it just a small round depression, or is it a tunnel?

Investigated a few holes yesterday, and I couldn't detect any tunnel
associated with them.

Thanks,
Karen

Then "something" digging shallow holes. A gopher will leave a very easily
identifiable mound. Most other tunneling animals will leave some type of
delta, as they have to move the dirt somewhere. About the only thing you
could use is one of those game cameras that take pictures of anything that
moves in the night.

Or get lucky and see what's doing it.

Steve

Karen wrote:
On Sep 24, 12:14 pm, "SteveB" wrote:
Define "hole". Is it just a small round depression, or is it a tunnel?

Investigated a few holes yesterday, and I couldn't detect any tunnel
associated with them.

Thanks,
Karen


might be squirrel burying nuts preparing for the coming winter?