r/animalid

It emerged out of a field, and when I’d get close it opted to stare at the wall and freeze instead of running. It’s tail is also sort of wide rather than straight

Saw this critter walking up from a forest/creek behind house, up the hill the house backs up to. Didn’t see the face, but has a stubby tail, short legs, doesn’t seem to walk like a cat or have ears like cats. Bears have been spotted in this area before, and some ppl in the house thought it could be a cub. Any idea? The animal never turned around, so unfortunately didn’t get a pic of the face.

It had a pretty goofy hairstyle

average is hand for scale. Found near some broken small bones in rural area. Maybe coyote?

Saw these while hiking back to the car. Saw other human shoe prints, so maybe just a dog?

I am trying to figure out what might come out of this egg. I found this today on the ground in my mom’s patio. I could not figure any tree it would have reasonably fallen from, and it was not in any kind of nest (not even the stupid kind doves build on the ground)

I am trying to incubate it just on the off chance it isn’t dead. (Before you come down on me for moving it, it was in a high traffic area and there was no reasonable way to leave it)

I have been trying to identify it online. The best bets I have is either a hairy woodpecker, or a rock dove. I would normally think dove because they are dumb as rocks and exactly the kind of bird to lay an egg in the middle of a pathway. But from pics it looks too small to be that. But I also can’t figure out how it would have gotten where it was.

It does also look a little like a barn owl egg, but I’m not even going to think about that.

Anyone have any ideas?

My initial thought was a deer but I’m not quite sure. Coyote? Let me know what you think.

my cat brought me a friend 🤦‍♀️

Please help settle the dispute between me and my dad.

Noticed in my driveway along with a dead squirrel. Haven’t seen it, but can definitely hear something messing around in my driveway, and my dogs will stand at the fence staring at night and early morning hours.