Wildlife & Related

[Irving]

Exactly!

[Hummer]

Neat, thanks Irving, I didn't know. I've only seen them a couple times in OK and TX. Still, welding are probably a good precaution.

[Irving]

A normal person shouldn't judge the temperament of an entire species from a couple YouTube videos... but I probably will.

[William]

Talk about mean!

[Irving]

Hummer, or anyone else, what are these tracks? This was up in Pawnee, and whatever it was seemed to be pretty interested in the rabbits. The rabbit tracks were much deeper. I'm thinking some sort of weasel. Anyone know?



Here you can see the rabbit tracks sinking into the snow, while the other tracks stay on top.


Interesting gait. Looks like a trot where back feet land one at a time, and front feet land together. Almost like a dog. Even the baby swift foxes I've seen out here weighed more than a rabbit though.

[Hummer]

First pic looks like the long hind pad of raccoon. Second looks like rabbit and maybe prairie dog. Third is a rabbit moving away and some guy with big feet. My guess is the dog tracks are coyote from the length of the stride. Put four together and you have the approximate length of the animal. Fox stride is somewhat smaller.

This morning I'm seeing tracks of rabbit, coyote, a large feral cat and Gambel's Quail.

[Irving]

Hmmm, I don't think raccoon or prairie dog. A raccoon would have broken through, and there are no prairie dogs on this land. The last picture being a rabbit makes sense I guess, since the shape of those tracks looks a little different than the first ones. Wish I had a game camera to find out.

[Irving]

I just remembered I've seen a skunk out there in the past.

[newracer]

Not many weasels in the plains, they can be there just not abundant. I also do not know if they would take a rabbit.

[Bailey Guns]

Pretty cardinals starting to show up in the hood: