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&gt; This tunnel track was interesting. It went from one s No. The tracks were crossing a single lane dirt road with deciduous woods on both sides. But Blue Jays do frequent the area. Thanks for mentioning toe drags- that is likely what the marks between the Ruffed Grouse tracks were, not tail drags as I suggested. Nancy On 2016-03-06, at 8:31 PM, Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> wrote: > Owls also hear their prey under the snow; the Great Grey of western/central NA and Eurasia are particularly noted for this. > > As for the first set of tracks with the drag marks, ..I suspect these are bird tracks, with toe drags, not mammal tracks with tail drags. The melting has likely artificially enlarged the tracks...I don't think they're crow tracks, more like Blue Jay. Were these tracks near a feeder? > > Randy > > > > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. > > On 6 March 2016 at 18:44, Hebda, Andrew J <Andrew.Hebda@novascotia.ca> wrote: > I recall back in the 1970s a naturalist reporting that he had observed a fox patrolling using the freshly compacted snowmobile tracks as an easy route.. picking off the odd microtine rodent whose tunnel had been collapsed by the snowmobile.. while it was scurrying across the "gap". > > > A > > ________________________________________ > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on behalf of David & Alison Webster [dwebster@glinx.com] > Sent: March-06-16 6:11 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] other tracks > > 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. > > 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 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "NancyDowd" <nancypdowd@gmail.com> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2016 3:38 PM > Subject: [NatureNS] other tracks > > > > Two other unknown trails. > > > > 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-public/ > > > > 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-public/ > > > > Thanks for any input, Nancy > > > > > > ----- > > 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 > > > >
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