Oh, Rats!

I went outside yesterday evening to put out the trash for the regular pickup this morning. To my surprise, someone had left a little present for us. It wasn't there this morning. It was still fresh enough to be interesting to a bunch of flies who weren't happy with me paying so much attention. I put the empy pea can there to give ssome perspective of the rat's size, not to imply that it ate the peas. It's a mystery how the rat ended up there. It could have been poisoned at a neighbor's yard or house or it could have been a neighborhood cat that likes to claim our yard. I'm very willing to let him patrol if this is the result.