Showing posts with label animal and bird tracks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animal and bird tracks. Show all posts

Monday, January 10, 2011

Tracks tell stories

Walking the dogs in a field nearby, I noticed lots of animal tracks. Some went to and from a tiny piece of vegetation - the remains of a Queen Anne's Lace stalk, or a bean stalk? I wondered if it was a mouse, mole, bird or bunny that had been out looking for food?










Then I saw a whole lot of other tracks leading off into the distance and something that looked unusual - a collection of tracks mid-way.
















As I drew closer I noticed that there were wing marks (below) in the snow. Did a coyote or fox come and grab a careless bird that was hunting for seeds? Or did an owl or hawk drop from the sky and grab a rabbit or mouse? Or, because some tracks lead back from the spot - did someone make an escape?

Always a story behind the tracks, but sometimes they are hard to unravel. Fun to speculate though! What tracks did you see today?