The past few mornings there have been fox tracks everywhere. This stealthy nighttime visitor has been routinely inspecting the chicken coups and duck houses, a fresh set of track appearing each morning.
Today, as the afternoon skies turned gray with the promise of snow (12 to 18 inches predicted), I spied a set of tracks and decided to follow them. They led me through the woods behind the house and up the trails to the highest point on the back 40.
For the most part, this critter chose the path of least resistance, sticking to open areas. Mom asked me what I would do if I found him? Take his picture, of course!
Another foot of snow and the only way I’ll make it up here is by snowshoe. Maybe the snow will slow the fox down a bit!
There are a lot of other tracks to be found on the farm. Here are some recent sightings.
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- A squirrel superhighway.
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- The woods are covered in snowshoe hare tracks.
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- The fox tracks intersecting with the hare tracks in the woods.
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- Curious little pattern skittering across the snow.
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- The wing track of a mourning dove.
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- More fox tracks.
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- Deer tracks in the driveway.
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- Big gray squirrel foot prints.
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- Little red squirrel tracks.
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- Tracks from the rooster who braved the snow.
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- Duck tracks!
Ciao mi ha fatto molto piacere conoscerti, molto bello ed interessante il tuo blog. Molto originali gli uccelli di feltro, mi piacciono molto specialmente i gufi e le civette.
E’ meraviglioso vivere a stretto contatto con la natura e con i suoi animali. Quanta neve!! Un abbraccio
Google translation: Hello I was very pleased to meet you, very nice and interesting blog. Very original felt birds, I love especially the owls and the owls.
It ‘wonderful to live in close contact with nature and its animals. How much snow! a hug