tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268542543738300058.post47655906129173145..comments2023-02-13T23:54:18.193-08:00Comments on Trailblazin': adventures in wildlife ecology: The Birthday Otter Returns?Trailblazerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09949103831752176052noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268542543738300058.post-50818854631761700082013-01-11T08:12:23.846-08:002013-01-11T08:12:23.846-08:00Yeah....those last two pictures are not screaming ...Yeah....those last two pictures are not screaming otter to me the more I look at them. They seemed to me to be part of the same trail as the two at the top....but I still am not certain about these bottom two.Trailblazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09949103831752176052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268542543738300058.post-81181440309997629692013-01-10T18:09:41.905-08:002013-01-10T18:09:41.905-08:00The last 2 pictures ::to me:: look very canid. I h...The last 2 pictures ::to me:: look very canid. I have nothing to refer to for scale, but they don't look mustelid to me. I have limited experience with tracks, and even less so with winter tracks. Like you said, they're very easily distorted in melting snow. <br /><br />But, my first intuition says canine, and I can make an 'X' around the metacarpal pad I think in those last two. <br /><br />The first pictures I would definitely pin as otter!<br /><br />Interested to see what others have to say.Alyssa Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05944057074589003472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268542543738300058.post-68643542736700200552013-01-10T15:28:03.714-08:002013-01-10T15:28:03.714-08:00Looks consistent with otter to me, but I don't...Looks consistent with otter to me, but I don't know what I am talking about. You might try and see if someone in the Bay Area Tracking Club has an opinion: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BayAreaTracking/<br /><br />Randomtruth might be able to get you a direct e-mail to one of the club leaders if contacting through there doesn't work.JKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614141904786915153noreply@blogger.com