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.
HAHAHAHAHA 
Reference to my post above about the White Faced Hornets Nest that we have taken from NY, to NC, to TN. Thought I'd show a photo of it. It really is a type of wonderful and awesome art installment to me. This nest is about 20 years old. It's made from chewed wood mixed with saliva. It is used only for one season. And it is amazingly sturdy. These hornets feed on Yellow Jackets, among other things, and do a bit of pollination, so they're really not bad guys and gals.
https://www.pestcontrolplus.biz/441/bald-faced-hornets-facts
