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This photo was the Thursday puzzler that vanished in a stream of electrons as soon as I clicked publish.
The puzzler has two parts, A) Whose burrow is this? B) What are those little balls?
Not as tough as the black drum teeth puzzler.
Meanwhile,
A strong winter storm is coming and is one county above us as I check out my Weatherbug radar. After this storm moves through, we are forecast to have our coldest temps of the season...mid 20's. Our county is also under coastal flood and wind advisories. The strongest winds from the West/ Northwest will coincide with a high tide, so seas will be running higher than normal.
Before this storm gets here, I need to bring more firewood up on the porch and secure a few things around the place.
I'll post the answer to the puzzler later this evening.
Lessee, complete guess. Crayfish. (Crawdad, whatever.) He transports the dirt after balling it in his "mouth".
ReplyDelete(I don't actually know, just a hypothesis.)
Mid 20s! You'll freeze!
Good luck weathering the storm and the cold temps.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea who would burrow like that (we only have mole and shrew burrowings here). Somehow those little balls are made by introducing water or moisture. I think Wayne is on the right track.
Looks like Fiddler Crab to me. I always figured the little balls were the snd he rolled up from inside. Or it could be the elusive Midget Gopher Turtle.
ReplyDeleteThat should be "sand". The temp for you is about the same as here, but we have snow.
ReplyDeleteYep, that there is a crab hole, all right. And the little black balls are sturgeon eggs, where somebody spilled his caviar.
ReplyDeleteI vote with Hoss. I think.
ReplyDeleteBig weather! Lucky you! I love big weather, high tides, blustery winds- and all the cuddling up you can do inside until it blows over. So long as it's not TOO big weather. Good luck.
Oh, pant,pant. Finished both the soil profile (cheated) and some more one my watershed, which is turning into a book. yawn.
I'm guessing some sort of crab too. (How original!)
ReplyDeleteFiddler crab.
ReplyDeleteHey, no fair. I'd've gone with fiddler, or maybe ghost crab, if I'd thought it was a saltwater coastline!
ReplyDeleteSo, maybe the balls are dung!
-lryit- what you catch fiddler crabs with.
Well, I posted the answer above, but to respond to you personally...
ReplyDeleteWayne,
Now, I'm down here in Pure Florida and you didn't think of the beach or saltwater? Still, your freshwater answer is great because crawfish do make burrows and chimneys of mud driblets.
RD,
I agree that when in doubt, go with what Wayne said.
Mac,
You got it, you expatriated Floridian.
Rurality,
Correctomundo.
Hoss,
Crab is good. Caviar...not quite right.
Vicki,
Hoss did pretty good. This storm turned out to be very mild. Lots of clouds, some light rains, chilly air.
DPR,
That's pretty good. See the answer for confirmation. Good that the dung beetle answer got trashed.
Kevin,
Well, I KNEW you'd get it.