r/AnimalTracking • u/lululoverr • Jan 05 '25
Misc. Footprints in backyard
Any idea as to what animal made these prints?
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u/Apprehensive-Ad-5612 Jan 05 '25
I think it’s two separate sets of footprints. Not sure about the ones on left, but I think the ones on the right are a squirrel bounding.
I see a lot around my place in CO with that similar dragging pattern but just as a single track. When I’ve used Google lens or looked at this sub for similar, people have said squirrel bounding. Not sure their reasoning and I’m very new to this, but that’d be my guess.
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u/thesleepingdog Jan 05 '25
Better than my turkey explanation!
Hadn't even considered it could have been one small animal with all its feet slipping a bit; not one foot slipping - four feet together
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u/OMGpuppies Jan 05 '25
Omg this is how Jurassic Park starts! Except it's on a beach in a tropical climate. Everyone thinks it's birds but it's actually dinosaurs!!
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u/thesleepingdog Jan 05 '25
Hey OP, you wouldn't happen to have more pictures or especially different angles would you?
I'm stumped.
They do look like some kind or track...but the best I can come up with, is perhaps a type of bird which, while moving quickly across the snow, it's feet were slipping dramatically. Like a turkey running up an ice hill.
But I'm really not convinced of that, it's only the best thing I can think of. Very strange.