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Saw 1 animal in rock and several haystacks. They were calling constantly (except when I tried to record them).
Secondary feather
Found alone about 20 feet from pond edge, in soft mud. If it was an otter scat, there would be more liquid binding, there would likely be several pieces, and there would be tracks/drags around it. GBH is the only bird that regularly eats crayfish and could produce a pellet of this size.
On Oregon Dunes Day Use Area. Ruler is 8.5 cm. Tracks always appear larger in sand.
These are all from the same animal, just taken at different points along the track.
We wondered if it was raccoon (and iNat is suggesting that as well), but none of us were sure.
Hoping for ID help. Smallest (least degraded tracks) appeared to be about 10 cm in length (in soft sand). I forgot to measure width. Stride shot with ruler...only had the 8.5 cm ruler with us today so tried to place in center of stride. Appears to have claw/nail markings.
River Otter tracks-- feet and tail dragged down the center-- on the beach. I'd never seen this before, but we found three like this in the sand during a minus tide.