tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139421497584248575.post3473904555274547529..comments2023-11-05T08:04:57.962-06:00Comments on Penelopedia: Nature and Garden in Southern Minnesota: Animal Tracks in SnowAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11830553767527010173noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139421497584248575.post-21465565508252799652011-01-11T15:02:56.129-06:002011-01-11T15:02:56.129-06:00Thank you! I used to know the snow tracks when I ...Thank you! I used to know the snow tracks when I was a child in Duluth, but ran across some in the snow in Tennessee this morning (fifty years later) that I could not identify. Your site was more helpful than other sites. I believe the tracks were made by a large bird, perhaps a raven.Karyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284619681352167011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139421497584248575.post-76816945923301242682010-12-04T10:08:09.442-06:002010-12-04T10:08:09.442-06:00Also, I forgot to report -- we saw an actual vole,...Also, I forgot to report -- we saw an actual vole, not just tracks, for the first time just last weekend. The cats were looking down at it very intently from their windowside table as it busied itself under the bird feeders. It was very dark, and would disappear under the snow and come up again in a new location. I was excited to finally see it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830553767527010173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139421497584248575.post-33833581910747201052010-12-04T10:05:39.437-06:002010-12-04T10:05:39.437-06:00Anonymous - thanks for weighing in! No pheasants r...Anonymous - thanks for weighing in! No pheasants right here that I've ever been aware of, though they can be found just down the road a few hundred yards where town ends and cornfields begin.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830553767527010173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139421497584248575.post-2751516035473057622010-11-26T16:59:29.322-06:002010-11-26T16:59:29.322-06:00Top one is mouse or vole (field mouse
Second is mo...Top one is mouse or vole (field mouse<br />Second is mouse and larger bird Pheasants around there?<br />Last one is squirrelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139421497584248575.post-62305051090447149162009-02-04T17:38:00.000-06:002009-02-04T17:38:00.000-06:00Hello Penny,For my two cents I would say the big b...Hello Penny,<BR/><BR/>For my two cents I would say the big blotches are a squirrel hopping. The small trail would be a mouse or or vole or some other small rodent.<BR/>The little tracks must be a pretty well worn trail as the mice are just leaving little tracks on top of the snow around our place.<BR/>Squirrels and mice would be attracted to your feeders.<BR/>Bruce is the guy who would know except I don't think he travels far on the internet beyond our blog. He spends a lot of time outside though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139421497584248575.post-22778313278688183082009-01-25T21:24:00.000-06:002009-01-25T21:24:00.000-06:00It must be squirrels or rabbits. I saw similar pri...It must be squirrels or rabbits. I saw similar prints on a front lawn in St. Paul this evening. I've just never noticed that distinctive shape before.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830553767527010173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139421497584248575.post-27142326397893948052009-01-25T19:25:00.000-06:002009-01-25T19:25:00.000-06:00I'm not positive on this, but the top one could be...I'm not positive on this, but the top one could be a vole. I read somewhere that they make straight lines under the snow. The next one might be a rabbit? We have the same tracks in our yard, too -- both the straight line and the big one.Mary S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17657569323445896028noreply@blogger.com