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Whoops, forgot about the label on the otter tracks.Rugger said: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.
Kevin Rooney said:Yes, but ... does its father smell of elderberry?
The tracks were too big to be squirrel.tonycc said: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
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