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Artex
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Rabbit, no doubt about it. Looks like a snowshoe hare.
tonycc
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Chip
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good job on the direction of travel, tony !
most people probably wouldn't know that.
most people probably wouldn't know that.
forestgnome
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Agreed, snowshoe hare IMO. It's obviously a hopper by the track pattern. The print looks exactly like what I observed after seeing a hare, then observing the print.
Nice pictures, HikerBob. The object for scale is of the print is important. What a gorgeous day for hiking!
tonycc, nice website! Thanks!
Nice pictures, HikerBob. The object for scale is of the print is important. What a gorgeous day for hiking!
tonycc, nice website! Thanks!
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HikerBob
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When I first read 'snowshoe hare' I thought to myself...
'Self, are they serious??? 'I mean, come on - those prints are a good three inches+ across. I wouldn't want to run into a hare that leaves a three inch wide foot print!'
However, looking at the links and some additional Googling has me convinced. I wasn't sure what would leave a track that seemed to consist of merely pairs of prints, but the bounding hare track is spot on with the larger rear foot prints in *front* of the smaller fore foot prints.
Thanks folks.
Bob
'Self, are they serious??? 'I mean, come on - those prints are a good three inches+ across. I wouldn't want to run into a hare that leaves a three inch wide foot print!'
However, looking at the links and some additional Googling has me convinced. I wasn't sure what would leave a track that seemed to consist of merely pairs of prints, but the bounding hare track is spot on with the larger rear foot prints in *front* of the smaller fore foot prints.
Thanks folks.
Bob
Jaytrek57
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"It is the rabbit!"
"Right...Lancelot, lop it's head off."
Sorry for this rather obscure reference...but hopefully some will get a chuckle out of it. First thing that came to mind reading this post.
Peace.
"Right...Lancelot, lop it's head off."
Sorry for this rather obscure reference...but hopefully some will get a chuckle out of it. First thing that came to mind reading this post.
Peace.
tonycc
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And don't forget about those teeth!
Bob Kittredge
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ARTHUR: What, behind the rabbit?
TIM: It is the rabbit!
ARTHUR: You silly sod! You got us all worked up!
TIM: Well, that's no ordinary rabbit. That's the most foul,
cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on.
ROBIN: You tit! I soiled my armor I was so scared!
TIM: Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide, it's
a killer!
???: Get stuffed!
TIM: It'll do you a trick, mate!
???: Oh, yeah?
ROBIN: You manky Scot's git!
TIM: I'm warning you!
ROBIN: What's he do, nibble your bum?
TIM: He's got huge, sharp-- he can leap about-- look at the
bones!
ARTHUR: Go on, Bors. Chop his head off!
BORS: Right! Silly little bleeder. One rabbit stew comin'
right up!
TIM: Look!
[squeak]
BORS: Aaaugh!
TIM: It is the rabbit!
ARTHUR: You silly sod! You got us all worked up!
TIM: Well, that's no ordinary rabbit. That's the most foul,
cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on.
ROBIN: You tit! I soiled my armor I was so scared!
TIM: Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide, it's
a killer!
???: Get stuffed!
TIM: It'll do you a trick, mate!
???: Oh, yeah?
ROBIN: You manky Scot's git!
TIM: I'm warning you!
ROBIN: What's he do, nibble your bum?
TIM: He's got huge, sharp-- he can leap about-- look at the
bones!
ARTHUR: Go on, Bors. Chop his head off!
BORS: Right! Silly little bleeder. One rabbit stew comin'
right up!
TIM: Look!
[squeak]
BORS: Aaaugh!
rondak46
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Can't help myself..
"What manner of man are you that can summon fire without spark, or tinder"
"I am a sorcerer. Some call me..... Tim."
LOL
"What manner of man are you that can summon fire without spark, or tinder"
"I am a sorcerer. Some call me..... Tim."
LOL
Stan
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Those snowshoe bunnies sure have deceptive tracks. I found myself tracking them ... and a bobcat seemingly in hot pursuit ... near Indian Pond about 7 miles east of Greenville this past weekend. At first, bearing a similarity to a human handprint, I thought they were the abdominable snowman walking on his hands ... then I thought, can this be a bear (whose tracks are only slightly larger but have an extra digit plus occasionally identifiable claw prints ... kind of early for them to be out wandering isn't it?) ... then I thought, well, maybe it's Winnie the Pooh. Finally, I came to my senses and realized what they were.
I bushwhacked for about a quarter mile trying to learn the outcome of this event ... the bobcat tracks disappeared and I doubt the rabbit ate the bobcat ... though from the relative size of the tracks ... I don't know about the bobcat but I called off the chase when I found myself waist deep in a spruce trap.
I bushwhacked for about a quarter mile trying to learn the outcome of this event ... the bobcat tracks disappeared and I doubt the rabbit ate the bobcat ... though from the relative size of the tracks ... I don't know about the bobcat but I called off the chase when I found myself waist deep in a spruce trap.
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Rugger
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First one is also a Bunny Rabbit. It's front legs are dragging as he/she swings them back to the front. I was going to guess otter on the 2nd but i saw you already have it labeled.
Rugger
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I would say moving toward the top of the photo as the outside prints (hind legs) seem to be going into the snow from the bottom.
tonycc
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I believe the first tracks are squirrel rather than rabbit. Notice how the front feet are next to each other, rather than staggered which is typical of rabbit. Without a size reference, I'm not 100% positive though, nor can't guess what type of squirrel. The direction of travel is up, the larger back feet are placed ahead of the front feet. Looks like fluffy snow where the front feet dragged as it bounded off the back feet.
The second is otter. While I have yet to see one make these tracks, a friend of mine did. He claimed it arched like an inch worm, with its backed up and all four feet close together. Then it would launch and slide along on its stomach, looking like a snow torpedo. I saw the tracks right afterward and they match his description perfectly, as do the photos you linked to. We saw a lot of otter tracks on our recent winter trip up north also. Sure would like to see one in the winter.
BTW, that looked like a great trip. Where did you go?
Tony
The second is otter. While I have yet to see one make these tracks, a friend of mine did. He claimed it arched like an inch worm, with its backed up and all four feet close together. Then it would launch and slide along on its stomach, looking like a snow torpedo. I saw the tracks right afterward and they match his description perfectly, as do the photos you linked to. We saw a lot of otter tracks on our recent winter trip up north also. Sure would like to see one in the winter.
BTW, that looked like a great trip. Where did you go?
Tony
Heather
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Kevin Rooney said:
Or was its mother a hamster??
(sorry I couldn't resist)
LOL weird coincidence I just watched MP&THG last night.
Rugger
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Clearly I was wrong about it being a rabbit - it is the landing marks of a coconut laden Swallow but I can't make out if it was an African or Europeon Swallow.
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