I thought these were nice depictions of eastern cottontail front feet
Walking trail
roadkill victim
claws appear to stretch to 8cm / 3 inches
Gray fox trail beside the trail of a domestic cat. Stride length for the fox mostly ranged from 58 cm to 68 cm, with no understep.
Gorgeous metatarsal chevron in this double register.
In a wood duck nesting box on a lake. Seem to match photos of wood duck eggs found online. I'm told that this layering of the egg shells indicates the chicks hatched out naturally (versus being predated upon)
Last photo taken 2.5 hours after the first. Note the color change from green to white.
Found dead under a window. Died from a window strike. Photographically documented, then buried.
Lying on trail in sunlight watching us for :> 15 minutes
Queen bee who seems to be maintaining access to a couple abandoned chipmunk holes on the north side of the house, just outside of the roof dripline. Large diversity of nearby spring-flowering plants.
Behavior has been happening for about 5 days. I imagine a nest is in the works.
Video available (not uploaded anywhere yet).
tracks
Gray fox tracks and scat in typical winter amorphous form
tracks with good details
Elk bed. Tracker III included for scale. The last photo shows the view from (just behind) the bed.
Track of an enormous snapping turtle. Tracks and trail parameters far exceed the range in Tkaczyk.
Front: 3.5" x 3.1" (Tkaczyk max 1.7" x 2.6")
Hind: 3" x 3.2" (Tkaczyk max 2.8" x 2")
Trail Width: 13" - 15" (Tkaczyk max 10.5")
Understep Walk Stride: 13.2" - 16.8" (Tkaczyk max 8.5")