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--Apple-Mail=_B312AC60-82B7-495A-A0FA-4B05409AD77F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 I agree with Dave on the tunnel track =97 another possibility might be a = short-tailed shrew? On the first track with the tail-drag-mark, are the tracks too big to be = a deer mouse? That=92s what the pattern looks like to me. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] other tracks > Date: March 6, 2016 at 6:11:05 PM AST > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >=20 > Hi Nancy, > That tunnel track would likely be one of the mice/voles. This is a = safe, relatively warm way to get from A to B without becoming a meal for = some flying predator. >=20 > Safe unless a Fox happens along because they see small rodents with = their ears and can often pin them through >10 cm of snow under all four = feet. > Yt, Dave Webster >=20 > ----- Original Message ----- From: "NancyDowd" <nancypdowd@gmail.com> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2016 3:38 PM > Subject: [NatureNS] other tracks >=20 >=20 >> Two other unknown trails. >>=20 >> This one has been haunting me all winter. Now and again since it = snowed in late December I have seen these trails with their finely = etched tail drags crossing the road. Never more than one and not always = present (unlike Rabbit and Squirrel tracks). Size comparison below = photo: >> = https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/25268212440/in/dateposted-publi= c/ >>=20 >> This tunnel track was interesting. It went from one side of the road = to the other .Although there has been some melting the plowed up sides = are still quite distinct. Any ideas what made it? >> = https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/25445265222/in/dateposted-publi= c/ >>=20 >> Thanks for any input, Nancy >>=20 >>=20 >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2016.0.7442 / Virus Database: 4537/11753 - Release Date: = 03/05/16 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_B312AC60-82B7-495A-A0FA-4B05409AD77F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">I = agree with Dave on the tunnel track =97 another possibility might be a = short-tailed shrew?<div><br></div><div>On the first track with the = tail-drag-mark, are the tracks too big to be a deer mouse? That=92s = what the pattern looks like to me.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers from = Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, = 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">David & Alison Webster <<a = href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com</a>><br></span></= div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; = color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Re: [NatureNS] other = tracks</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">March 6, 2016 at = 6:11:05 PM AST<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, = 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a= = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><br><div>Hi Nancy,<br> That tunnel track would = likely be one of the mice/voles. This is a safe, relatively warm way to = get from A to B without becoming a meal for some flying = predator.<br><br> Safe unless a Fox happens along because = they see small rodents with their ears and can often pin them through = >10 cm of snow under all four feet.<br>Yt, Dave Webster<br><br>----- = Original Message ----- From: "NancyDowd" <<a = href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>><br>To: = <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>><br= >Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2016 3:38 PM<br>Subject: [NatureNS] other = tracks<br><br><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">Two other unknown = trails.<br><br>This one has been haunting me all winter. Now and again = since it snowed in late December I have seen these trails with their = finely etched tail drags crossing the road. Never more than one and not = always present (unlike Rabbit and Squirrel tracks). Size comparison = below photo:<br><a = href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/25268212440/in/datepost= ed-public/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/25268212440/in/date= posted-public/</a><br><br>This tunnel track was interesting. It went = from one side of the road to the other .Although there has been some = melting the plowed up sides are still quite distinct. Any ideas what = made = it?<br>https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/25445265222/in/dateposte= d-public/<br><br>Thanks for any input, Nancy<br><br><br>-----<br>No = virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<br>Version: = 2016.0.7442 / Virus Database: 4537/11753 - Release Date: = 03/05/16<br></blockquote><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></h= tml>= --Apple-Mail=_B312AC60-82B7-495A-A0FA-4B05409AD77F--
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