View Full Version : What makes these tracks?
bel41077
Nov 5, 2015, 02:42 AM
Was at Lincoln beach in Oregon last summer and saw this, I have no idea what it could be? Strange because I always though that with toes you need a pad to support the foot in the back? Can you help me out here, all my research has yielded nothing!!
Fr_Chuck
Nov 5, 2015, 03:02 AM
What is average spacing between steps
joypulv
Nov 5, 2015, 03:06 AM
galloping 3 toed sloth! some sort of ungulate.
(no idea)
bel41077
Nov 5, 2015, 03:20 AM
If I remember correctly, about 1 and a half feet apart.
joypulv
Nov 5, 2015, 03:29 AM
A bird similar to this?
Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus Lagopus Tracks In Fresh Snow Stock Photo | Getty Images (http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/willow-ptarmigan-lagopus-lagopus-tracks-in-high-res-stock-photography/488626649)
bel41077
Nov 5, 2015, 03:31 AM
A bird similar to this?
Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus Lagopus Tracks In Fresh Snow Stock Photo | Getty Images (http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/willow-ptarmigan-lagopus-lagopus-tracks-in-high-res-stock-photography/488626649)
I have researched all bird tracks but the toes do not join and no signs of webs on the feet, I would settle for the sloth idea, but... Yeah, no. I find it very creepy.
joypulv
Nov 5, 2015, 03:45 AM
Truly odd, but I don't know animal tracks. Just strikes me as a two-legged pattern.
bel41077
Nov 5, 2015, 03:54 AM
Truly odd, but I don't know animal tracks. Just strikes me as a two-legged pattern.
You know what? I think it is too! So what in the world? I don't know who to even to begin to ask. For months it has been in the back of my mind. Maybe I don't want to find out lol! Scary
joypulv
Nov 5, 2015, 04:38 AM
You could try the Oregon DEP.
Fr_Chuck
Nov 5, 2015, 07:42 AM
The even pattern, seems more two legged, but so hard to tell from photo.
Cat1864
Nov 5, 2015, 08:39 AM
Without seeing more of the tracks, I am going to suggest a deer-type animal.
What it looks like to me is the animal is 'single-tracking' meaning that as the animal trots it's hooves fall into a single line with the tracks overlapping. The 'middle' toe looks like an overlap of the left toe of one hoof and the right toe of another.
catonsville
Nov 5, 2015, 11:31 AM
It looks like it could be a deer with a messed up hoof. Are all the tracks exactly the same? Being a foot apart, it must be a small animal.
ma0641
Nov 5, 2015, 03:12 PM
Very deer track looking. The 3"toes" is a bit confusing though, may be a congenital issue or injury.