Unknown tracks

[Fjordforder]

Hey all, I`m not a hunter but I figure the crowd here may be able to lend a hand.

While down at the creek the other day I came across a really weird animal track in the mud, it had two long fingers about as long as your middle and pointer fingers and a smaller one pointing behind like a dog`s dew claw. I didn`t get a picture then and now that the creek is overflowing there`s no way to get one. There was another today though, partially submerged. Same size and shape, and pushed deep into the muck. According to my books it`s possibly some sort of large predatory bird. I`m sure it`s nocturnal since the dogs keep barking at something by the creek almost nightly. If it`s some kind of bird maybe the weather disturbed it`s nest or something? Might explain why it`s down here now. Thanks in advance and if I come across any more I`ll try to get a pic.

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[mjbskwim]

I would guess a blue heron? Most common around water and they are big birds

 

[Fjordforder]

That looks about right, I didn`t see a third toe up front but that doesn`t mean one wasn`t there. It was partially submerged to begin with.

 

[mjbskwim]

[img id="yui_3_10_0_1_1453415533718_1539" src="http://www.deerdance.org/Images/images/Birds/GBhe/Great-Blue-Heron_06.jpg" alt="Great and Sign">

 

[Fjordforder]

Hey, I got down to the bottom of the hill at the creek where I found them. Wasn`t able to get any really good photos (no new tracks, only the remains of what were there) but here`s one of the area itself:

This is what was left of the partially-submerged track, it was mostly washed away and I`m not 100% sure how well it shows up in the photo itself so I tried to show the general shape with my impeccable MS Paint skills.

 

[Greenbug]

Maybe a wild turkey is a possibility also?

 

[Fjordforder]

Like I said earlier I`m far from an Ornithologist, are Wild Turkeys even local? Nocturnal?

 

[x2ndxall]

Baby Sasquatch.

 

[Fjordforder]

Baby Sasquatch.

Someone on another forum was saying Velociraptor. Got me to laugh.

 

[x2ndxall]

Hey, I got down to the bottom of the hill at the creek where I found them. Wasn`t able to get any really good photos (no new tracks, only the remains of what were there) but here`s one of the area itself:
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This is what was left of the partially-submerged track, it was mostly washed away and I`m not 100% sure how well it shows up in the photo itself so I tried to show the general shape with my impeccable MS Paint skills.
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That looks like a partial duck track. If it's the shape you drew.

 

[Fjordforder]

That looks like a partial duck track. If it's the shape you drew.

Hmmm
there is a family down the street that raises ducks, maybe one escaped?

 

[x2ndxall]

I re-read the first post, though. Sounds more like an Owl, Crane or Heron. Owl probably makes the most sense.

 

[Fjordforder]

We have owls around, too. Could`ve been hunting something down at the creek easily. It`s a straight shot from the trees on top of the hill to the tracks.

 

[fredball]

For sure Baby Sasquatch or Bigfoot

 

[ZA_Survivalist]

Road runner?
*Meep meep*

 

[clearconscience]

Chupacabra?

 

[308]

Chupacabra?

I've seen Chupa tracks and they are not like that

 

[Charliehorse]

Do you have turkey where you're at?

Wild Turkey stencils:
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[erudne]

Mountain Beaver!

 

[Fjordforder]

Do you have turkey where you're at?

Wild Turkey stencils:
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I`m not an Ornithologist but have never heard of a Wild Turkey in my area outside a bottle.