I don't know anything about animal tracks, but I've become interested in them lately. We had a brief snowstorm yesterday that left less than an inch of snow, and this morning we could see where a critter had traveled all over our yard. In fact, it had clearly come up the driveway, moved around the backyard and across our patio, and come out on the other side of the house, going back to the street by crossing the lawn. I guessed the tracks were made by a rabbit and confirmed it on line. I'm further assuming it was a cottontail since that's what we see around here.



Apparently the two small marks, which almost look like one mark, are from the front paws, and the bigger marks are from the back feet. (Was this rabbit pigeon-toed?) In this photo, the rabbit would have been moving toward the camera and to the right of the picture.

I'm including this picture mainly to show off the clear, deep blue sky, although the photo doesn't do it justice. It's absolutely beautiful today. There's nothing like the combination of  fresh snow and clean, blue sky. (Although I'm partial to the lavender sky at dusk, too, but I digress.)

Back to the tracks, I think the blurry tracks near the rabbit tracks were left by a feral cat in last week's snow. However, I'm going to have to start learning more about tracks because I'm curious whenever I see them. I bet I'd be amazed to see how many creatures' visits are recorded in the snow if I paid attention.