There are always squirrel tracks in the snow around here, regardless of where you live. So after my short stint in the snow I went back inside, warmed up, and picked up a nursery catalog.

Measure a bunch and get an average since red and gray squirrel tracks have some overlap in size. The trail width of red squirrels ranges from 3 to 4 ¼ inches while that of the gray squirrel can ...

You can also sometimes see long, skinny toes on squirrel tracks, but because rabbits have fur on their feet, toe marks in the snow are not very pronounced. Squirrel tracks show toes heading toward ...

Raccoon tracks are easy to spot in the snow. (Photo: JT8/Shutterstock) Raccoons are perhaps the most conspicuous of urban and suburban neighbors. ... When looking at squirrel tracks, ...

SNOWY RANGE — In the winter, movement is all about saving energy. When a red squirrel moves from tree to tree, it won’t dance around. It spends the least possible ...

I probably first heard the term “tracking snow” in deer camp. We always longed for fresh snow because we could see what the animals were doing and where they were headed.

Despite the mild temperatures that we experienced in mid-February, statistics show that the average temperature was about normal for the whole month. Snowfall, however, was far below the usual ...

A lot of people don’t like winter because it can be hard to get outdoors and enjoy nature. Sure, you can ski, snowmobile, snowshoe, or ice fish. But, for some ...

A squirrel huddles up amid the cold of winter. Squirrel tracks are abundant in the snow that's fallen this year, but spring and summer flowers are on their way, as difficult as that may be to believe.

The appearance of tracks in your snowy backyard can you leave you guessing about what wildlife made them.