Muskrat tracks walking down the trail at Kehoe. Not a common observation in this area. Could use more ID’s.
Numerous digs and burrows. Streamside in sandy as well as rocky soil. Usually around the structure of boulders or root masses. No scats found outside burrows.
Entrance ~ 25 cm wide. Gray fox or coyote? Rocky soil. No claw marks on sides. Descends steeply at greater than 45 degrees. In bank of small dry wash.
Five toes. Not positive about the ID. Unfortunately it had been raining, so the quality of the tracks were not great.
Can anyone I’d this they are on my deck railing often this is 2 different examples
Direct register trot
TW 2
Stride 3.5
FWIW: BPG sign was abundant.
New photo added from @ollerton in first position. See image with long claws - now image 4
It was the only track of this morphology found in the area. Dirt trail through thick chaparral. Not what I consider classic jackrabbit habitat, but the morphology and size seems consistent. Added a distribution map from Tremor et al. 2017 (SD County Mammal Atlas).
Wide Paddle tracks. Slow hop with tail drag.
Loping gait. Group length was measured at 18 inches with an 8 inch stride.
Verified. Praying Mantis verified tracks moving up in the frame. We I watched this praying mantis make this trail Borrego Landfill dunes Nov 20 - 2023. The final photo was taken by Dick Chadwick showing the mantis making the trail. The tracks are washed out in this final image, but the body drag is evident.
First impression: grackle or thrasher. Many tracks In a weedy dune sand environment, where we would expect Meadowlark. No water for miles makes great tailed grackle unlikely here in the Sonoran desert. Appeared to have been a flock, which is more fitting of Meadowlark than thrasher. All gaits were a walk… no running. Poppele and Elbroch compare Meadowlark tracks to Thrasher, magpie and grackle.
Verified Tracks. Bird that made them shown.