The snow here is not so deep, so far this winter, which allowed me to take a hike in an hour that might take three or four in a normal winter.We have about 8 inches on a firm base. Easy hiking. Usually we post-hole around, or ski, or snowshoe, this time of year.
Animal tracks make for a fun hike.
The first photo is the complex of beaver ponds on Great Farm Brook a mile from the house. The line of sticks in the foreground is the dam. The tracks are coyote.
Then an obvious small rodent, a deer mouse or vole.
Snowshow hare and small rodent.
Finally, a good shot of the difference between a dog and a coyote when the coyote is going somewhere on a trail. See how straight-as-a-die the coyote tracks are compared to the dog, and how the rear paw falls in the same line as the front?
Mary in the foreground. Mary is an official Redbone Coon Hound, so she likes to follow tracks.
You have to say Redbone Coon Hound with a southern accent to make it work.
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