Re: What Kind of Critter?
On 3/7/2019 12:31:49, Paul Stenquist wrote: When I opened the front door to get the paper, I saw a row of paw prints, each single print followed by another, all in a straight line. Each print is about 2 inches wide and the prints were about 8 inches apart. The critter came all the way up on the front porch then seems to have walked away immediately. The closest match I can find on the web is an otter. Some populate the wetlands down the street. Might also be a skunk. It's something with five pads. Too big to be a squirrel I think. Any guesses? https://www.photo.net/photo/18526825/Paw-print-in-snow Best guess I can come up with based on searching the internet for five toed mammals is something from the family Mustelidae, which would include the Striped Skunk. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What Kind of Critter?
Looks like Bigfoot to me. Cheers, Dave > On Mar 8, 2019, at 6:31 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > When I opened the front door to get the paper, I saw a row of paw prints, > each single print followed by another, all in a straight line. Each print is > about 2 inches wide and the prints were about 8 inches apart. The critter > came all the way up on the front porch then seems to have walked away > immediately. The closest match I can find on the web is an otter. Some > populate the wetlands down the street. Might also be a skunk. It's something > with five pads. Too big to be a squirrel I think. Any guesses? > > > https://www.photo.net/photo/18526825/Paw-print-in-snow > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What Kind of Critter?
damn - I should have just used the link instead of quoting it.. there were pictures that showed them looking the same now I can't find it On 3/7/2019 7:27 PM, Ken Waller wrote: The hind paw prints from skunk are much different than the fore paw prints.s Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "ann sanfedele" Subject: Re: What Kind of Critter? I looked up some prints online and it certainly looks like skunk from what I read.. "Skunks have five toes on their hind and front feet. Unlike most mammal that have large hind feet, and small front feet the front and hind feet of the skunk are approximately the same size. They also have claws that show up in many of their prints." /ann// / On 3/7/2019 12:31 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: When I opened the front door to get the paper, I saw a row of paw prints, each single print followed by another, all in a straight line. Each print is about 2 inches wide and the prints were about 8 inches apart. The critter came all the way up on the front porch then seems to have walked away immediately. The closest match I can find on the web is an otter. Some populate the wetlands down the street. Might also be a skunk. It's something with five pads. Too big to be a squirrel I think. Any guesses? https://www.photo.net/photo/18526825/Paw-print-in-snow -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What Kind of Critter?
The hind paw prints from skunk are much different than the fore paw prints.s Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "ann sanfedele" Subject: Re: What Kind of Critter? I looked up some prints online and it certainly looks like skunk from what I read.. "Skunks have five toes on their hind and front feet. Unlike most mammal that have large hind feet, and small front feet the front and hind feet of the skunk are approximately the same size. They also have claws that show up in many of their prints." /ann// / On 3/7/2019 12:31 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: When I opened the front door to get the paper, I saw a row of paw prints, each single print followed by another, all in a straight line. Each print is about 2 inches wide and the prints were about 8 inches apart. The critter came all the way up on the front porch then seems to have walked away immediately. The closest match I can find on the web is an otter. Some populate the wetlands down the street. Might also be a skunk. It's something with five pads. Too big to be a squirrel I think. Any guesses? https://www.photo.net/photo/18526825/Paw-print-in-snow -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Although I don’t know what they do in the wee hours. WEE WEE ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: What Kind of Critter? Yes, all the same, and all in a straight line. There are some coyotes in the wooded area behind my house, but they generally don’t come very close. Although I don’t know what they do in the wee hours. On Mar 7, 2019, at 3:06 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Might also be a fox or coyote. Were all the tracks the same? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: What Kind of Critter? When I opened the front door to get the paper, I saw a row of paw prints, each single print followed by another, all in a straight line. Each print is about 2 inches wide and the prints were about 8 inches apart. The critter came all the way up on the front porch then seems to have walked away immediately. The closest match I can find on the web is an otter. Some populate the wetlands down the street. Might also be a skunk. It's something with five pads. Too big to be a squirrel I think. Any guesses? https://www.photo.net/photo/18526825/Paw-print-in-snow -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What Kind of Critter?
Thanks Ann. Skunk is quite likely. The claws aren’t visible, but the dusting of snow that partially covered the track may have obscured them. Paul > On Mar 7, 2019, at 4:38 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > I looked up some prints online and it certainly looks like skunk from what I > read.. > > "Skunks have five toes on their hind and front feet. Unlike most mammal that > have large hind feet, and small > front feet the front and hind feet of the skunk are approximately the same > size. They also have claws that show up in many of their prints." > > /ann// > / > >> On 3/7/2019 12:31 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> When I opened the front door to get the paper, I saw a row of paw prints, >> each single print followed by another, all in a straight line. Each print is >> about 2 inches wide and the prints were about 8 inches apart. The critter >> came all the way up on the front porch then seems to have walked away >> immediately. The closest match I can find on the web is an otter. Some >> populate the wetlands down the street. Might also be a skunk. It's something >> with five pads. Too big to be a squirrel I think. Any guesses? >> >> >> https://www.photo.net/photo/18526825/Paw-print-in-snow > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On 7/3/19, l...@red4est.com, discombobulated, unleashed: >tail would drag in the snow, and for that matter its belly. You rang!?!? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What Kind of Critter?
Can you show a group of them? An otter's tail would drag in the snow, and for that matter its belly. On March 7, 2019 9:31:49 AM PST, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >When I opened the front door to get the paper, I saw a row of paw >prints, each single print followed by another, all in a straight line. >Each print is about 2 inches wide and the prints were about 8 inches >apart. The critter came all the way up on the front porch then seems to >have walked away immediately. The closest match I can find on the web >is an otter. Some populate the wetlands down the street. Might also be >a skunk. It's something with five pads. Too big to be a squirrel I >think. Any guesses? > > >https://www.photo.net/photo/18526825/Paw-print-in-snow >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What Kind of Critter?
I looked up some prints online and it certainly looks like skunk from what I read.. "Skunks have five toes on their hind and front feet. Unlike most mammal that have large hind feet, and small front feet the front and hind feet of the skunk are approximately the same size. They also have claws that show up in many of their prints." /ann// / On 3/7/2019 12:31 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: When I opened the front door to get the paper, I saw a row of paw prints, each single print followed by another, all in a straight line. Each print is about 2 inches wide and the prints were about 8 inches apart. The critter came all the way up on the front porch then seems to have walked away immediately. The closest match I can find on the web is an otter. Some populate the wetlands down the street. Might also be a skunk. It's something with five pads. Too big to be a squirrel I think. Any guesses? https://www.photo.net/photo/18526825/Paw-print-in-snow -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What Kind of Critter?
Yep. All the same and in a straight line. No side to side differential. However, foxes and coyotes have four pads, and this critter has five. Paul > On Mar 7, 2019, at 3:06 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > Might also be a fox or coyote. Were all the tracks the same? > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" > Subject: What Kind of Critter? > > >> >> When I opened the front door to get the paper, I saw a row of paw prints, >> each single print followed by another, all in a straight line. Each print is >> about 2 inches wide and the prints were about 8 inches apart. The critter >> came all the way up on the front porch then seems to have walked away >> immediately. The closest match I can find on the web is an otter. Some >> populate the wetlands down the street. Might also be a skunk. It's something >> with five pads. Too big to be a squirrel I think. Any guesses? >> >> >> https://www.photo.net/photo/18526825/Paw-print-in-snow > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What Kind of Critter?
Ha...our definition of "pads" differs, but upon second look I see what you mean. -p On 3/7/2019 1:20 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Good guess, but like cats, a fox has only four pads. Paul On Mar 7, 2019, at 1:41 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Fox? On 3/7/2019 11:31 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: When I opened the front door to get the paper, I saw a row of paw prints, each single print followed by another, all in a straight line. Each print is about 2 inches wide and the prints were about 8 inches apart. The critter came all the way up on the front porch then seems to have walked away immediately. The closest match I can find on the web is an otter. Some populate the wetlands down the street. Might also be a skunk. It's something with five pads. Too big to be a squirrel I think. Any guesses? https://www.photo.net/photo/18526825/Paw-print-in-snow -- Paul Sorenson Studio1941 Sooner or later "different" scares people. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Paul Sorenson Studio1941 Sooner or later "different" scares people. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Healthy house cat.(?) J Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2019, at 11:20 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Good guess, but like cats, a fox has only four pads. > Paul > >> On Mar 7, 2019, at 1:41 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: >> >> Fox? >> >>> On 3/7/2019 11:31 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> When I opened the front door to get the paper, I saw a row of paw prints, >>> each single print followed by another, all in a straight line. Each print >>> is about 2 inches wide and the prints were about 8 inches apart. The >>> critter came all the way up on the front porch then seems to have walked >>> away immediately. The closest match I can find on the web is an otter. Some >>> populate the wetlands down the street. Might also be a skunk. It's >>> something with five pads. Too big to be a squirrel I think. Any guesses? >>> >>> >>> https://www.photo.net/photo/18526825/Paw-print-in-snow >> >> -- >> Paul Sorenson >> Studio1941 >> >> Sooner or later "different" scares people. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What Kind of Critter?
Yes, all the same, and all in a straight line. There are some coyotes in the wooded area behind my house, but they generally don’t come very close. Although I don’t know what they do in the wee hours. > On Mar 7, 2019, at 3:06 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > Might also be a fox or coyote. Were all the tracks the same? > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" > Subject: What Kind of Critter? > > >> >> When I opened the front door to get the paper, I saw a row of paw prints, >> each single print followed by another, all in a straight line. Each print is >> about 2 inches wide and the prints were about 8 inches apart. The critter >> came all the way up on the front porch then seems to have walked away >> immediately. The closest match I can find on the web is an otter. Some >> populate the wetlands down the street. Might also be a skunk. It's something >> with five pads. Too big to be a squirrel I think. Any guesses? >> >> >> https://www.photo.net/photo/18526825/Paw-print-in-snow > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Might also be a fox or coyote. Were all the tracks the same? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: What Kind of Critter? When I opened the front door to get the paper, I saw a row of paw prints, each single print followed by another, all in a straight line. Each print is about 2 inches wide and the prints were about 8 inches apart. The critter came all the way up on the front porch then seems to have walked away immediately. The closest match I can find on the web is an otter. Some populate the wetlands down the street. Might also be a skunk. It's something with five pads. Too big to be a squirrel I think. Any guesses? https://www.photo.net/photo/18526825/Paw-print-in-snow -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What Kind of Critter?
Good guess, but like cats, a fox has only four pads. Paul > On Mar 7, 2019, at 1:41 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: > > Fox? > > On 3/7/2019 11:31 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> When I opened the front door to get the paper, I saw a row of paw prints, >> each single print followed by another, all in a straight line. Each print is >> about 2 inches wide and the prints were about 8 inches apart. The critter >> came all the way up on the front porch then seems to have walked away >> immediately. The closest match I can find on the web is an otter. Some >> populate the wetlands down the street. Might also be a skunk. It's something >> with five pads. Too big to be a squirrel I think. Any guesses? >> >> >> https://www.photo.net/photo/18526825/Paw-print-in-snow > > -- > Paul Sorenson > Studio1941 > > Sooner or later "different" scares people. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What Kind of Critter?
At 12:31 PM 3/7/2019, Paul Stenquist wrote: >It's something with five pads. Too big to be a squirrel I think. Any guesses? I would think not a skunk because I see no claw marks, and skunks have non-retractable claws. Not a raccoon as they have long toes and narrow feet with a pointed heel. It has been decades, though, since I've had to identify other paw prints. Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What Kind of Critter?
Fox? On 3/7/2019 11:31 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: When I opened the front door to get the paper, I saw a row of paw prints, each single print followed by another, all in a straight line. Each print is about 2 inches wide and the prints were about 8 inches apart. The critter came all the way up on the front porch then seems to have walked away immediately. The closest match I can find on the web is an otter. Some populate the wetlands down the street. Might also be a skunk. It's something with five pads. Too big to be a squirrel I think. Any guesses? https://www.photo.net/photo/18526825/Paw-print-in-snow -- Paul Sorenson Studio1941 Sooner or later "different" scares people. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
