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Track 2
When I stumbled over this track, I was puzzled; the print in the snow did not look like anything I knew. Since the track abruptly "began" and "ended", I concluded this to be an arboreal animal; the size of the imprints, the distance of the imprints lead to the conclusion : Martes flavigula (rare, but I suspected it to visit the school forest).
Photos in order from left to right :
Photo 1 imprint, length measured
Photo 2 : imprint, width measured
Photo 3 : distance between imprints measured
Photo 4 : Here the animal landed on the ground after jumping down a pole
Photo 5 : tracks the animal left when climbing up a snag; behind Brian Dean
Photo 6 : detail of the imprint, from the side
Photo 7 : detail, from the top
Photo 8 : at some sections of the track, the marten seems to "have jumped around the corner" over a distance longer than the usual jump (as measured on photo 3). In the front of the photo a print in the ground; Brian Dean stands next to the previous print on the ground.
The prints shown on photos one and 2 are parallel front foot prints merged with parallel back feet prints; otherwise the dimensions can not be explained.

Track 1
Photos from left to right :
Photo 1 :Close-up of print of front foot, on a low dead branch
Photo 2 : detail, comparison with footprint pattern from field guide
Photo 3 : track where the animal crossed the road in jumps; prints of front and left feet next to each other
Photo 4 : footprints on a dead low branch (Close-up one of them)
Photo 5 : end of the track at the foot of a tree
Comment : we had fresh snowfall in the night from Dec 30 to Dec 31. Track found on a morning hike