Even with conservation signs all over hiking trails, people still dump hiking equipment and sometimes clothes after a successful hike. They ignore proper disposal methods and leave them to rot in the middle of the woods. What would a coat be doing in the middle of the woods? A coat isn’t proper hiking gear, so it’s possible that the one who left it there might not have left it willingly. The good news is that a little bird found prime real estate in one of the pockets and decided to move in.