Halloween, in a sort of watered down Covid era form, is soon upon us. There will be a lot less trick or treating. How ironic really, for the one holiday where wearing a mask is standard.
But that does not stop people from decorating.
Pumpkins are part of the décor, and as October moved along you saw more and more of them turning up on porches. Evidently I was not the only one to notice....
On a morning walk I came across this specimen. It was off its porch and out on the sidewalk. The location is "down by the creek" where various wild life can be found.
So what got it? I zoomed in for a closer look.
No shortage of critters who like pumpkin. Squirrels, raccoons and others look like possible suspects. But realistically only one suspect has teeth big enough to leave these gouges, and strong enough to take a couple of nips out of the stem for good measure.
Deer. Bane of jack-o-lanterns.
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