Who goes there?
The fresh snowfall of yesterday offers a perfect opportunity to head outside on snowshoes and try to decipher the stories in the snow.
Who’s been by? What’s gone on?
The first image shows tracks of a red squirrel which had scampered up and down a tree, then across the snow, only to disappear in to its sub-nivean (below-snow) tunnel.
The second image (with my wedding ring to indicate scale) shows what I think is likely a coyote track. It could be a wolf, because our home is adjacent to Gatineau Park’s “wilderness” sector.
What do you think? Wolf or coyote?
I hedge my bets with the latter, because Eric and I have seen six coyotes on and around our farm this winter. One, I believe, was shot (scroll down to see an earlier post on February 23 this year).
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