Bite impression in cut paste

[NOZZLE HEAD]

Any idea what did this?

It is about a half inch wide.

I know I have squirrels, rats, possums, foxes and feral cats in my neighborhood.

I have seen scat that indicates black bears and coyotes, but infrequently, and it is too small for those.

 

[NOZZLE HEAD]

I also got to meet a rescued fawn today.

 

[SeanS]

I found something similar on 2 different blobs of paste this past season.
One tree’s cut paste looked like small birds had landed on the top of the trunk and dug their claws into the paste
On the other tree it seemed slugs were eating some of the cut paste every night, it had clearly defined little slug-sized gnaw marks on it

Yours looks like it may have been a small bird?

 

[luvinthemountains]

Any idea what did this?

Hmm...got me. Doesn't seem like rodent - their incisors are way out in front of the molars. Fox and possum would probably leave pointy holes, not oblong like this.

 

[rockm]

Could be a woodpecker testing to see if that dark stuff on the tree was rot. Rotten wood is a home for grubs and insects woodpeckers eat...

 

[Crawforde]

Strange neighbors? Teenagers are completely unpredictable.

 

[hinmo24t]

pukwudgie i reckon



great beard

 

[Wulfskaar]

A small opossum is my guess.

 

[NOZZLE HEAD]

Could be a woodpecker testing to see if that dark stuff on the tree was rot. Rotten wood is a home for grubs and insects woodpeckers eat...

I think a woodpecker makes a lot of sense. Especially that one hole that is out of alignment, but the rest look a hell of a lot like teeth.

 

[NOZZLE HEAD]

A small opossum is my guess.

I think you hit the nail on the head.