beartracker's Identifications

This was an extremely interesting specimen. The turkey landed, showing tail feathers in the snow... then proceeds to walk, only clearly registering its left foot.

In several parts of the several meter-long trail, I noted holes and scuffs in the snow that seemed reasonable for placement of a right foot (or stump). In particular, note the hole between the tail feather imprints and the first left track.

Lots of mourning dove feathers. On inspection, looks like there may be two (or more) individuals here, with some juvenile and some adult feathers present in the left secondaries (see pic 5 for comparison). Scattered over a wide distance, suggesting that the predator plucked from a tree.

Likely evidence of a predation event. Downy body feathers caught on thorny branches (pic 4) and flight feathers fallen below (pic 5), so possibly plucked from above. Clean unbroken shafts suggest an avian predator.