Animal Tracks!
This was an exciting visit. Snow has just freshly fallen, leaving a thin blanket over the frozen dirt. These are perfect tracking conditions and I was lucky enough to come across these tiny foot prints.
Using my animal tracking guide I came to the conclusion that these were either the prints of a Fisher Cat or a Mink. A Mink being more likely because of the size of the prints and the size of the den that I tracked the footprints back to.
This hole in between two rocks was clearly the den of this animal because it is located close to the water edge, there was grass and leaves stuck inside of it, and the warmth of the rock enclosure would be ideal for a Mink during winter.