Lars took these at Delaney two days ago. Raccoon comes from an Algonquian word meaning “he who scratches his hands.” In Europe it’s a “wash bear” (waschbär in German, vaskebjørn in Danish and Norwegian, tvättbjörn in Swedish and wasbeer in Dutch. The second photo reminds me of dinosaur tracks in Western MA.
Nice 'coon tracks, Lars. Are you comparing them with the Route 5 tracks in Holyoke, or those from the fabulous Nash Dino Land in South Hadley?
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