3:00 snapshot #1231 plus bonus tracking and maybe a cute animal

[urbpan]

You know, this boring look out my office window looks pretty cool today. A light coating of snow on yesterday's frozen crud made things nice.



I helped teach a tracking class today, and the other person teaching astonished me by saying she didn't think we had red foxes on the property, just gray foxes. Pretty sure this is a red fox track, but I guess it will be very hard to prove without seeing the actual animal.


These are some of the tracks on our steps at home: hairless, plantigrade steps with five small digits. Seems like this animal would lose a lot of heat through that foot surface on the snow.


And yes, as promised, a cute animal. I hope Ursula sees this.

Comments

[iheartoothecae.livejournal.com]

Red panda red panda red panda eeeee *hyperventilates*

I saw these for the first time when I went to Knoxville a yearish ago, and omg. I am infatuated.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

They are weird fluffy monsters. I'll have to tell you the story of the first time I worked with one, maybe as a FB message/chat.