~Paw-Prints in the Snow~

Well, this morning when we woke up, Mom had found some paw-prints on the back patio. We couldn't tell what animal they would have come from, so my brother and I followed them to see if we could find a clear print. The prints on the patio were not very clear. It looked like the animal had scurried around the deck and on the prints. Well, after following them from the bottom of the stairs and around the house, we found lots of different prints, as well. We have decided that the 'patio prints', as we'll call them, were probably from a dog. Lots of dogs, whether stray or not, roam the streets around here. :)


Here is the path from the 'patio prints' and where they exited our yard.


If you can tell, around the bottom of the pic there are two paths intersecting. Well, the path coming towards is the path we think the 'patio prints' animal came into the yard. Then, the prints dragging form the left to the bottom right corner are rabbit. There are no mistaking that. There are some HUGE jack-rabbits out here and they are always running through our yard over night.



OK...this print up top isn't anything special. No, it's not a cougar; a bobcat; or anything exciting. Just from our Bear. This is Chloe Bear's paw-print, but I thought it was pretty sweet looking 'cause it shows us how we NEED to trim her nails! We haven't ever seen her nails that long that they make marks in the snow.

Alright...the next two pics are through our side field. For those of you who don't know, we now live on 6 acres and the back 4 acres are fenced off. If you can see in the bottom pic, the animal who left these prints just cut right through.

I know none of these paw-prints in the snow are anything exciting, but who knows...maybe some day we'll get coyote or bobcat prints in our yard. That would be freaky, but wicked awesome at the same time.