Even when the park is empty in the morning, there’s evidence of a lively night life as evidenced by these tracks. I might not glimpse anything but birds, but in the words made famous by the little girl in “Poltergeist”, “They’re heeeere.”
Invisible
Posted: December 20, 2017 in NatureTags: alone, animal tracks, McDowell Forest Preserve, Nature, Poltergeist, snow, tracks, winter
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This, that and the other thing 
beautiful texture in the snow…
We’ve had almost no snow, so I was really enjoying this, even though there wasn’t much of it. The first part of my walk, I saw no human tracks at all and in some places, the snow was still pristine. 🙂 So beautiful.
janet
Could be a yeti 😉
🙂 You never know, Robin, but if so, it’s not very old yet.
janet
Busy at night indeed! Maybe the owners of the foot/paw prints have spotted you in the daylight and they are camera shy! 😜😜
That’s possible, although with the lack of underbrush now, I could see them more easily. I did see a large coyote recently, but they usually avoid people unless the people have dog or are too close to pups. Not the season for pups, though.
janet
Oh deer! Rabbit?
😉 Usual suspects would be deer, rabbits, and coyotes.
janet
Coyotes cool!
Sometimes. 😉
I love to see tracks in the snow, to see who has visited and where they have ventured. Great post, Janet.
Thanks, Jet. Glad you liked it.
I love to follow tracks in the snow. You can always tell when it’s a fox by the way they are in a perfect line.
I didn’t know that about fox tracks. I’ll have to keep my eyes open for them.
janet
Great picture!
We had a dusting of snow, and a whole bunch of tracks running every which way in our driveway. It always makes me wonder.
Isn’t it fun to see all of them, Dan? There’s a whole other life going on out there while we’re sleeping.
janet
I see similar footprints and paw prints and marks on my driveway, side walk and car all through the snowy winter.
Scott
Fun isn’t it, Scott?
janet
Yes, it is, especially the one afternoon when I saw prints and didn’t know the animal it belonged to!