novapatch's Identifications

Young bear.

Medium bear, sow likely.

Large bobcat, likely male.

Sow with scar on right side + 3 cubs.

There is a Sweetgum pod buried under the cloud of dirt.

Found beneath sweet gum, growing from fruit

Growing on a decaying Sweet Gum fruit.

Ascocarp growing on sweetgum pod. Mature forest with beech, oak, maple, tupelo, birch, hornbeam, sweetgum, nut tree and scattered conifers.