We had more snow. I managed with the blower. I was so happy to have it back. This was 14cm worth.
With snow comes more tracks. I'm finding that Good Bunny Labbit is so fast, she doesn't register on the camera. I have to go clip by clip. Ah well. It satisfies my curiosity.
There are tracks here, perhaps #75 squirrel, and another mystery.
The snow height discouraged it.
I looked at these as I took the garbage out Monday morning. Not as long and thin as Butch raccoon, and the pattern is different. I
wrote a piece on animal tracks for our local lake newsletter. The stride of this track is short. Fishers have five obvious toe pads.
Look who I found on the camera! Skunks are omnivores, both plant and other animals. They eat just about anything: bugs, mice, eggs, insects, worms, grubs, bird seed, plus fungi, roots, leaves and berries, most of which are scarce right now!
The gate patterns I haven't seen before. Mostly the skunks have been around in the other three seasons. Not winter.
We often have a skunk roll by in the dark, this one was lactating. While they are crepuscular (active dusk and dawn) they den up in winter for extended periods. They aren't true hibernators, like Fred Groundhog. A lot of our little mammals do this, like Butch who holes up in the really cold weather.
I seldom see them in the day time. This one pretty much ignored me.
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That’s so nice that you shoveled all that snow so little critters could visit easily. And I appreciate your knowledge of tracks of the animals…something I am limited to cats and dogs.
Nice shots of the skunks. We haven't seen any around here yet, but that doesn't mean they are not out.
Last week we had spring, this week we have winter until Friday we will have spring again.
Wild temps.
Lots of interesting tracks all around. This skunk seems to be concerned with finding food and not interested in who is around or what other varmints might be lurking in the area. How fun it is to see all of the activity that goes on at night around your place.
At least with Good Bunny Labbit's tracks, you can tell she was there!
Poor momma must be desperate for food.
I think skunks are so cute, I haven't seen one here in a few years. Yay for having your snowblower back!!!
That first pic of the skunk series ir pretty good and clear.
You have skunks and bears. Don't think I'll be visiting for a while. Linda in Kansas
Cool captures of the skunks! Take care, enjoy your day!
If therre has to be a skunk, it is ideal to be ignored. We stopped once at a motel with a deck on the back of our room. I walked out onto it and there were what seemed like a whole pack of skunks under it. I retreated, quietly and quickly and went to inform the desk. the woman there laughed and said that these were tame skunks who got fed from the balconies.
NOT mine, thanks.
There must be something we don't know about that brings the skunk out at this time of year.
So much snow in some parts of our country and here - ZIP, Nada! So I'm enjoying it all vicariously through bloggers.
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