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Good guess, but I think beavers stash food and stay inside their houses in the winter. Also, this looks like an animal that was going after bugs, not bark. My first thought was a bear, but there were no tracks in the snow. Any other guesses?
Well yes, moose do like to eat bark, but is that a dead tree? So I guess that it is the largest of the woodpecker family, they can chop out a large area easily.
Piliated Woodpecker is the most popular guess (from people who commented here, and others who got in touch with me) although it's a odd to see them eat so close to the ground!
A lynx! That's an interesting guess. From what I've read lynx will mark their territory by scratching trees. In this case it looks like he got carried away! :-) There are tracks around that area as well.
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Beaver is my guess .
Good guess, but I think beavers stash food and stay inside their houses in the winter. Also, this looks like an animal that was going after bugs, not bark. My first thought was a bear, but there were no tracks in the snow. Any other guesses?
piliated woodpecker?
Porcupine
Somebody sent this along: "A very short moose that likes to eat bark?" :-)
Well yes, moose do like to eat bark, but is that a dead tree? So I guess that it is the largest of the woodpecker family, they can chop out a large area easily.
Piliated Woodpecker is the most popular guess (from people who commented here, and others who got in touch with me) although it's a odd to see them eat so close to the ground!
We saw this tree as well when we were snowshoeing - our guess was the Lynx up there - looked like claw marks on the base of the tree.
A lynx! That's an interesting guess. From what I've read lynx will mark their territory by scratching trees. In this case it looks like he got carried away! :-) There are tracks around that area as well.
Big paws too - almost the size of my hand!
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