Wildlife

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Who are our trackers? I’m stumped. Coyote on his toes? They do thrive in the Rockies….

Squirrel, parallel front feet are the narrower ones in the back. Rabbit have the same back foot pattern but front feet run perpendicular in the back.

 

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Rabbit have the same back foot pattern but front feet run perpendicular in the back.

Jackalopes too, but the prints are much larger.

 

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Light morph Rough-legged Hawk takes flight at sunset. These are very migratory and are winter visitors to the Grasslands in Washington County.

 

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Squirrel, parallel front feet are the narrower ones in the back.

I’ve seen a bunch of squirrels flitting across trails, but that would have to be one big ass squirrel!

 

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Blue Jay foraging foraging in an old Cemetery.

 

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The fierce look of the Cooper's Hawk scoping out the bird feeder gives new meaning to the bird feeder.

 

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The fierce look of the Cooper's Hawk scoping out the bird feeder gives new meaning to the bird feeder.
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That’s the look I get when I tell my wife I just ordered another pair of skis.

 

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Snowy Owl launches off a fence post Thursday morning after the new snow in the Washington County Grasslands.

 

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Spring is on the way, saw first Chipmunk today, squirrels are out all winter.

 

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Spring is on the way, saw first Chipmunk today, squirrels are out all winter.

This juvenile Red-tailed Hawk will be all over those Chipmunks.