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From: Carol Janousek
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Fox Lake, IL
This morning in a flower bed I found scat consisting of about 8 round pieces approximately 1" in diameter. There are seed in the scat. We live on a pond and nearby wooded area. (Chain O' Lakes State Park) There are beavers in the area

 
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From: Laura Kammin
Visiting Extension Specialist, Pollution Prevention
Extension-Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program
lkammin@illinois.edu
It is not beaver scat. Possibly deer or raccoon depending on shape...round pellets like a rabbit only larger (deer) versus cat-like feces (raccoon).

 
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