An overnight snowfall preserves the foot tracks of a raccoon in my driveway before it entered my side yard. On the previous morning, a coyote had trotted passed my house (perhaps looking for this raccoon).
Followed these tracks up the center of the stream for several yards. No indication of a tail dragging or anything.
Tracks very evenly spaced, about 12-14 inches apart, in vicinity of what appears to be badger sized hole in ground?
My best guess. High density of dens in the area. Track approx. 2” long. For reference, my pinky finger is 2.5” to the knuckle.
This was the only track I could find. Underwater in a small stream
smaller tracks between raccoon tracks
I think a squirrel. The tracks kind of all pushed into one another because of the snow but I think there's multiple feet in there. Squirrels like that shrub, too.
Tracks by shore of Mississippi River
Observed a beaver swimming in the water just beyond these tracks but was too dark to get a photo. Looks like it was checking out seeds left for birds
See the slide between tracks in the second photo
Tracks
Tracks are small and clumped together