So tonight I walked out the front door to go throw apples out to the edge of the woods for the deer. We have a little sidewalk across from the front door that I have a long mulched flower bed against it. I did not see this nest yesterday, so it is new. I see not a thing flying around it. It is raised about 1 and half inches from the ground width of it is about 3-4 inches. The hole is centered and about an inch wide or slightly less perhaps? In all the years at the farm, I have never seen a nest like this and I have seen many yellow jacket nest in the ground in the pastures...but this?????? It almost resembles puppy chow with a hole in the center...and no, my dog was not in that area.,..or any other dog. HELP!
Would a hummingbird do that?
Meanwhile I am going to be watching it with binoculars in the morning to see what the heck made it.
lol, typo 
but i like epic better also!
pinchy crawdad
They do not leave pretty holes!!
Crawdads, sometimes referred to as crayfish, usually hunt invertebrates, such as snails, mussels and worms. They have also been known to eat their own kind on occasion. If their preferred food sources are limited, crayfish feed on wood, roots or other types of plants. They also frequently scavenge for dead animals.
