Tricky tracking

These two tracks are from the same animal.  One track is a perfect coyote hind, the other looks a lot like a domestic dog track.  This is a good example of how hard it can be to tell coyote and dog apart.  I think trackers mistake the two very frequently. 

 

 

 

 

Here are some more pictures from where I live.

white-tailed antelope squirrel

California ground squirrel in what looks like a lope

California ground squirrel territorial belly drag

plants were making springs long before people

California plates= transition complete

Cougar country