Oh. Okay. No problem.
It was so slippery in the snow, and I don't get around that well anymore, I couldn't really get any better photos. I didn't want to fall where nobody would find me until I was a big, ugly pop-cycle.
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Any idea what are these tracks are from?
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It was so slippery in the snow, and I don't get around that well anymore, I couldn't really get any better photos. I didn't want to fall where nobody would find me until I was a big, ugly pop-cycle.
It’s a little bit like a mustelid (marten, fisher) but usually there is more direct registration of prints. Some of the print it looks like the the rear foot is elongated like a rabbit or squirrel, but when I looked closer, it almost looks like a little skidmarks into the prints.
I spent many days following Fisher and Marten tracks through the forests around here last winter… something I would do for fun just put on snow shoes and start following tracks. The Marten and the Fisher sometimes leave prints somewhat like that, but usually the rear feet drop in to the same hole as the front feet when it’s bounding.
I would want to follow those tracks further. In some cases, the fisher tracks and the Martin tracks would change gait and there would be brief strings of prints like this in the midst of more typical print patterns
The print that I circled with red really does look like a Marten or fisher - I believe I can see the claw marks at the tip.
I spent many days following Fisher and Marten tracks through the forests around here last winter… something I would do for fun just put on snow shoes and start following tracks. The Marten and the Fisher sometimes leave prints somewhat like that, but usually the rear feet drop in to the same hole as the front feet when it’s bounding.
I would want to follow those tracks further. In some cases, the fisher tracks and the Martin tracks would change gait and there would be brief strings of prints like this in the midst of more typical print patterns
The print that I circled with red really does look like a Marten or fisher - I believe I can see the claw marks at the tip.
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I looked up Red Squirrel in wikipedia last night, and they say they're only in Europe. And I've not seen any pointy eared squirrels around here other than the black ones. But I'll take a pellet gun down there from time to time, now that I know something "shootable" is lurking down there, and if it's a squirrel, we'll see if I can put a pellet through its head, and feed it to our cat. I haven't given her much fresh meat lately.
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Classic rabbit tracks. When those tracks were made he was just sitting there with front feet together inside the back feet. Surprising to see so many don't know that. No debate possible silly easy to see.
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I live in Pennsylvania and I can shoot one every time I look out my window. When I walk outside in the snow, the tracks in the picture in this topic are everywhere. So are rabbit tracks. But they are slightly different. Rabbits usually put their two front paws in front of each other. Like this : - -I looked up Red Squirrel in wikipedia last night, and they say they're only in Europe. And I've not seen any pointy eared squirrels around here other than the black ones. But I'll take a pellet gun down there from time to time, now that I know something "shootable" is lurking down there, and if it's a squirrel, we'll see if I can put a pellet through its head, and feed it to our cat. I haven't given her much fresh meat lately.
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definitely look like rabbit or squirrel from a distance, but not so much up close. I could be wrong i am a noob at this - If those are actually elongated rear feet than it is not a marten
If it is a Marten it was changing speed or gait. Here are more marten tracks
If it is a Marten it was changing speed or gait. Here are more marten tracks
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Squirrel Tracks.
I am pretty sure it was a squirrel. For rabbits, the back feet are way in front of the front feet and not as clear for the nails and pads like a squirrels.
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