Right after I finished two new nuc boxes for spring, we received what is only our second snowfall for the winter season, even though there's only about 3 weeks of winter left. This winter has not seen as much snowfall as normal for our region. I suppose it's all gone right around St. Louis and fallen on Boston and New England instead.

Today while walking around the yard, amongst the snow I found several different types of animal tracks through the yard.

I wandered over by the bees and saw these tracks below (outlined in yellow).


Here's a closer look at the prints in the snow in size comparison to the hive on the end of the row.



Here's a picture of the prints close up with a pine cone for size comparison.


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Here's another set of prints with another pinecone.

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Here's a third picture.

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Finally, here's a fourth picture of prints.

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If you think you know what type of prints these are, let me know in the comment section.

I think I might know what these are, but I'll hold my guess until a few others have a chance to comment.