Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: animal tracks

On 12 February 2018, I ended up going for a short drive SW of the city, to my 'usual' area, partly just to get a change of scenery. I hadn't driven out of the city since 17 December 2017. Almost no wildlife to be seen, other than a Raven, a Magpie, a Rough-legged Hawk perched at the top of a tall tree, and a couple of small, unidentified birds that flew across the road ahead of me. Still, I did take a handful of winter scenic shots and a couple of barns/sheds. Would love to know what made all these tracks in the snow - maybe deer, coyote, Moose? To drown my sorrows over not being able to find any owls of any kind, I decided to call in at a small cafe/restaurant in the area and brought home a bowl of delicious chili with garlic bread. Made an enjoyable ending to my afternoon drive.

A lovely, sunny day (so far) today, 15 February 2018, with a temperature of -16C (windchill -24C). We had a little bit of fresh snow overnight. On 12 February, I ended up going for a short drive SW of the city, to my 'usual' area, partly just to get a change of scenery. I hadn't driven out of the city since 17 December 2017. Almost no wildlife to be seen, other than a Raven, a Magpie, a Rough-legged Hawk perched at the top of a tall tree, and a couple of small, unidentified birds that flew across the road ahead of me. Still, I did take a handful of winter scenic shots and a couple of barns/sheds. Would love to know what made all these tracks in the snow - maybe deer, coyote, Moose? To drown my sorrows over not being able to find any owls of any kind, I decided to call in at a small cafe/restaurant in the area and brought home a bowl of delicious chili with garlic bread. Made an enjoyable ending to my afternoon drive.

When I was on my walk this afternoon, I noticed a set of prints in the snow, coming out of a grove of trees. There were no human footprints with these animal tracks, so I wondered if they belonged to a Coyote. My footprint, going in the opposite direction, gives a sense of scale. Can anyone ID this animal print? I have seen a Coyote in that area a couple of times.