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Index of Subjects Hi Jamie, Paul, all others; in my experience otter tracks on snowy, level ground always include tail drag-marks. Otters simply cannot or will not keep their tails up when travelling. And often slide, doing the hop-slide thing which makes their tracks quite easy to ID. Will have to check my Peterson guide at home, but I am thinking of fisher. Raccoons have much longer fingers, as Jamie rightly point out. Dusan Soudek P.S. Does anyone remember the details of the encounter between a fisher and a walker in Truro's Victoria Park a few months (or years) ago? Apparently the story made the local paper. ---- Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Jamie and All My source of tracks say otter. She emailed My first guess would be otter. Its hard to tell without the stride length/gait visible. Otter is nice and round, very solid prints, but obviously spaced far apart between the front and back feet. Sounds about right Paul ________________________________ From: james simpson <desolatechair@gmail.com> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 3:22:40 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Looking for Track Identification Help Flat Rock - upriver about 500m from where the Bog Road crosses Halfway River, just south of Hantsport. On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 2:33 PM, AngelaJoudrey <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca> wrote: Where abouts in Hants Co.? I took some pics on Sat. of tracks very similar to what you are describing with plans to ask on here as well! > >I had read about the fisher tracks a few weeks ago my curiosity was peeked. > >I can send you a few of my pics and we can compare. > >Also I can send mine to anyone else ( once I transfer them to my computer. ) > >Thanks > >Angela in Windsor > > >On 03/06/12, desolatechair@gmail.com wrote: >Hi >> >>I have some photos of some tracks I came across in snow last week in woods in Hants County. They are in pairs, about 2' apart. The prints are roundish, about 2" diameter, 5 toed, no claws visible. >> >>I believe they are some type of cat but not sure - they seem small for a bobcat but too far apart for a domestic cat. At one point where the trail crossed a logging road the animal must have broken into a lope because all four feet were landing in the same spot and the landing points were 4' apart. >> >>Any thoughts? Haven't been able to find any good NS references online yet. Can email photos if interested let me know offline. >> >>Thanks >> >>Jamie-- >"The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them." >Albert Einstein > >"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world." >John Muir
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