I'm not the world's best tracker, but I like to get out there and have a look around. I love a fresh snow for doing this since you can tell that the tracks are recent.
This morning I took a walk around the property. I was hoping to see some rabbit sign. There was none, but here are some tracks I hope you enjoy. Feel free to offer your opinions and critique.
We had a light dusting of snow last night. This helps me to age tracks by their crispness. Note the footprints made this morning compared to the older footprints from a few days ago.
A mouse, mole or vole made these tracks. I'mgoig with vole. It's headed for the hole on the left.
Here is a set of mourning dove tracks. They waddle like pidgeons because they're related.
At the bottom of the picture you can see vertical lines. These are from its wings when it flew away.
Below, classic squirrel tracks. This one was a grey squirrel. I saw it. When the snow is shallow you can see the toes on a fresh track.
When the snow is deeper, it can be confusing. Here's the same squirrel in deeper snow, with a buddy. They're also moving faster.
I'd imagine that this is a squirrel getting breakfast - there's no snow in the hole.
Was this one last nights dinner?
Here's a black capped chickadee that landed and took off again within 15 seconds. Gotta love the wingmarks. Rembrandt never created anything so beautiful.
Lastly, I'm calling this one a fox. It has a canid-type paw print to it that you really have to get close to the track to see. The stride is of a small dog. Could be a bobcat, but my hunch is fox.
Hope you like them.
This morning I took a walk around the property. I was hoping to see some rabbit sign. There was none, but here are some tracks I hope you enjoy. Feel free to offer your opinions and critique.
We had a light dusting of snow last night. This helps me to age tracks by their crispness. Note the footprints made this morning compared to the older footprints from a few days ago.
A mouse, mole or vole made these tracks. I'mgoig with vole. It's headed for the hole on the left.
Here is a set of mourning dove tracks. They waddle like pidgeons because they're related.
At the bottom of the picture you can see vertical lines. These are from its wings when it flew away.
Below, classic squirrel tracks. This one was a grey squirrel. I saw it. When the snow is shallow you can see the toes on a fresh track.
When the snow is deeper, it can be confusing. Here's the same squirrel in deeper snow, with a buddy. They're also moving faster.
I'd imagine that this is a squirrel getting breakfast - there's no snow in the hole.
Was this one last nights dinner?
Here's a black capped chickadee that landed and took off again within 15 seconds. Gotta love the wingmarks. Rembrandt never created anything so beautiful.
Lastly, I'm calling this one a fox. It has a canid-type paw print to it that you really have to get close to the track to see. The stride is of a small dog. Could be a bobcat, but my hunch is fox.
Hope you like them.
