Lynn and I decided to take full advantage of the high temp of 15 degrees and shining sun yesterday and took the dogs for a walk. We typically walk the perimeter of our yard and pasture and often venture into the woods. While in the pasture we noticed that we had some visitors recently. Apparently the pasture is one popular place, who knew.
Lynn discovered the first set of prints. Given the size (small, about the size of a cat paw) and the fact that the two forward claws are close together indicates that it could be a fox. We do have red and gray fox in this area.
While investigating those we came across some very common tracks. Can you guess who they belong to?
The first one is a deer and the other is a rabbit. So cute. But those were not the last of the tracks. Man, that must have been one rocking party. Thankfully they cleaned up after themselves. Below are tracks that are quite probably coyote. Larger than the fox, about the size of a medium/large sized dog but again with the two front claws close together and the shape of the rear pad is telling. Seriously though, what the hell do I know, I am not a naturalist. I just look stuff up on the internet and compare.
And last but certainly not least, we came across these. I knew who these belonged to immediately.
None other than Daisy2 our little wanderer. Thankfully her tracks were made much later or she would have been the main event for the party.
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