In front of the house is a grove of persimmon trees (Diospyros Virginiana). They produce a huge number of
persimmons each year which land on the ground (and the walkway) when ripe.
The mystery was why there was a major decrease in persimmons this year. Much fewer than normal.
We had plenty of rain until recently and the deer have never eaten them. It turns out there was a scatological
answer to our quandary. It looks like the coyotes have been eating them. These are undigested persimmon seeds
in the scat.
And the hair in the scat pshows it is coyote as coyotes are meat eaters. It's fun to solve these problems.
"Just follow the science."
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