The Northern Ringneck Snake was the first my husband and I (both St. Lawrence County natives) had ever seen. Its head had been removed and we speculated that perhaps a bird had had it and dropped it from above. It was on a portion of trail we'd already come down, so it was freshly killed (an hour to 1.5 hours), I believe.

The caterpillar was also a first sighting for us. I still do not know what it is.

My first reaction to the scat is that it is bear scat; it had a lot of berries in it. Nonetheless, I'm not sure that it is bear scat.

Update: My Dad says this is coyote scat. I bet he's right! Can anyone identify the caterpillar?