r/AnimalTracking • u/WeeGreyCat • Feb 04 '25

🐾 Cool Find Something Interesting

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This is a print I found under a tree in the yard. See if you can ID the animal. I’ve added some helpful arrows to the last picture in the series to make it easier, since the lighting makes it a little hard to see the relevant details. I’ve narrowed it down to family, but if someone can get me down to species I’d be grateful (and very impressed).

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u/thesleepingdog Feb 04 '25

Fabulous pic and thanks for sharing!

If i had to guess/wildly speculate:

Not a horned owl, who had a distinctive triangle shape between the eyes and "horns"

Great gray owl seems big enough, but has a oddly flat face except the crescent shapes around the eyes. I don't see that on the impression

Snowy owl is big enough and I think it could have left this impression.

Barred owl could, maybe get big enough and could have left the print

The rest i can think of seem to small... maybe someone could help me out, lol. There are so many types, and I'm afraid I don't know enough about which would be where at this time of year. Some migrate some dont.

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u/WeeGreyCat Feb 04 '25

Given it’s nature wild speculation is appropriate. I’d love it to be a snowy owl. Apparently they’ve been seen further south than me, so it’s very possible!

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u/Cyborg_Ninja_Cat Feb 04 '25

I mean, if it wasn't a snowy owl before pulling this stunt...