Could also be a groundhog.
"...how to tell the difference? .."
Observe the 'Attack' maybe?
A stakeout?
Surveillance cameras?
I dunno.
Groundhog:
Give the kids the “stake out” job...they fall for this kind of stuff. Arm them with a camera, pizza and soda. :-)
DH has a field camera - I need to get him to set it up out there. I’ve never seen a groundhog here but that doesn’t mean anything, lol
This morning I went out to the garden and found 2 tomatoes ripped up. I went and put some more water in a low bird bath.
The tomatoes were pretty big and in a fenced in area so I suspect squirrels, or possibly a small rabbit that snuck into my garden and did not leave before I locked it for the evening.
That little guy looks like he’s plotting revenge on somebody who trapped one of his cousins or something.