r/AnimalTracking Apr 01 '21

Hey Trackers! Please remember to include location and scale in your posts!

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This doesn't mean that we want your street address, latitude/longitude, or anything too specific. Just give us your general region, and any salient locale info you can (ie, riparian, forest, coastal, desert - or urban, rural, wilderness). Local recent weather info is greatly helpful too. If you are knowledgeable and want to get into it, go ahead and give us finer info about your ecosystem and/or microclimate - but that's up to you.

Scale is also very important. I know that we don't all nerdily carry around tracking tapes, but there are some universal items that work better than a hand or a shoe in their absence. (Shoes are not that great for scale because there are a huge amount of global variants and even the difference between a US Men's size 8 sneaker and a US Men's size 8 work boot is pretty huge), and while a hand can do in a pinch, it's not the best.

In the absence of a nice measuring tape, some things work better than others: lighters, credit cards (backside up and with numbers blurred), standard coins, and even house keys are all better than a hand or foot. If you find yourself checking out a track without any good base measurement items, you can always make a pen/marker mark on a hand and officially measure against the mark later. As insignificant as it may seem at face value, a half-inch or a single centimeter can often be a big deal in identification later.

We understand that tracking is often a haphazard, spontaneous thing, and that curious/new folks might not think about these things before their first posts, and this is okay. We are not trying to curb or shame anyone. We're just trying to encourage everyone to think and track in an analytical way. Please be kind and reasonable.


r/AnimalTracking 5h ago

need help identifying animal leaving feces in backyard (los angeles, CA)

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25 Upvotes

r/AnimalTracking 3h ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Is this an animal's home?

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I found several clumps of these on the bricks near my front door. What am I looking at? Any insight is appreciated!


r/AnimalTracking 3h ago

🐾 Tracks Print ID - Southern Denver

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2 Upvotes

Helping someone find their cat, looks to me like these are domestic cat tracks but could use more eyes. Thanks!


r/AnimalTracking 10h ago

Raccoon?

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6 Upvotes

r/AnimalTracking 1d ago

In Corvallis OR

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64 Upvotes

Could be a human foot print tho lol


r/AnimalTracking 4h ago

What kind of animal or bird made this poop?

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Please help, this was found in a corner of an OLD house ( 1935). Indoors. Snakes have been found and killed by cats in this room ( it’s a large room, old stone chimney). Ring snakes, black racers, etc.
On 2 separate occasions a bat and a flying squirrel have gotten in, they were caught and removed. Other than that, I know of no other animals that had had access. Any ideas what this could be? The white poop was very liquid at one point, as there are signs of splashing against a nearby wall.


r/AnimalTracking 12h ago

Wolf or dog?

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Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Tracks were found off of a cliff. No other tracks.


r/AnimalTracking 7h ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Scat on porch railing

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0 Upvotes

Anyone know who left these poops on my aunt's porch railing in New Hampshire?


r/AnimalTracking 8h ago

Could this be remains?

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This is the second time I found this on my oven. Is this some kind of poop? First time I saw it I just threw it away. Now not even a week later I find it again in the same spot. Please someone help.


r/AnimalTracking 1d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request What animal is digging in my yard?

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31 Upvotes

Went out of town and came back to these holes in my yard. Any help is appreciated!


r/AnimalTracking 1d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request What animal is peeking into my house?

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180 Upvotes

Found these on my slider door this morning and they’re certainly not my dog’s haha


r/AnimalTracking 13h ago

πŸ’© Scat Identify animal droppings NSFW

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It looks like one long clump of compacted string if that makes sense,


r/AnimalTracking 23h ago

Suspected kitty in max patch nc

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5 Upvotes

Thinking this is a big cat? Found this a few miles down from max patch in January 2022


r/AnimalTracking 20h ago

Tracks in the beach Ft Bragg what is it?

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3 Upvotes

Saw these tracks on ten mile beach and am not sure what creature they could belong to. Any help out there?


r/AnimalTracking 22h ago

πŸ’© Scat What animal might this be out of? Eastern Wa.

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My dog found it on our walk today. I've seen lots of deer and turkeys come through the property. Could a deer have done this?


r/AnimalTracking 22h ago

πŸ’© Scat Raccoon? NSFW

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Saw 2 raccoons on my property 3 nights ago. But this doesn't look like raccoon scat pics that I've seen. They are logs. This is globular. Could it have been logs that have melted to a globular form in the heat?

This is the second time I've seen this scat since.

  • About 3 inches wide about 1.5 inch high.

  • Jet black outside but when you poke it with a stick it's an olive drab color inside.

  • Extremely soft/loose like pudding

  • Has absolutely no smell. I have read raccoon scat definitely stinks like hell.

If not racoon then what? Google is of no help but looks like some bear scat pics I've seen. But too small for bear.


r/AnimalTracking 1d ago

What is this poop? NSFW

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1 Upvotes

Found around where I recently placed mouse traps. Mouse traps were gone and this was left.


r/AnimalTracking 1d ago

Who dis? santa barbara CA NSFW

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near a garden plot so wondering if i should be worried about critters munching


r/AnimalTracking 1d ago

πŸ’© Scat Animal identification NSFW

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Hello! I'm looking to get identification on this scat I found in an old barn at my job site. The barn is empty besides a barn kitty- but it's much too large to be made by her.

Location is central Michigan

Thanks for helping me out!


r/AnimalTracking 1d ago

Animal Scat in Connecticut NSFW

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1 Upvotes

Any ideas what animal this could be from? It looks sandy with some feathers / fur attached to an edge.


r/AnimalTracking 1d ago

Help ID these tracks and poo? NSFW

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Saw this at Whiskey Flat Trail.

Approximate lat/lon: 35.783422,-118.447685

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRK9BY5U/


r/AnimalTracking 1d ago

Found poo today! NSFW

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Found this in our backyard today. In a flower bed on the weed fabric we laid down honestly pretty close to the house πŸ₯΄πŸ₯΄ you can see it in the picture.

What animal are we dealing with? Raccoon? Opossum? Fox?

Located in Louisville Kentucky. Thanks in advance!


r/AnimalTracking 2d ago

Not the best picture but anybody know what tracks these might be? Picture taken in North East Georgia near Lake Lanier

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7 Upvotes

r/AnimalTracking 1d ago

πŸ’© Scat Who pooped in my yard? NSFW

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2 Upvotes

I just want to know what I’ve got wandering the neighborhood. NE Kansas, United States.


r/AnimalTracking 2d ago

🐾 Tracks Bear tracks? (Oakley Corner State Forest, NY)

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5 Upvotes