Help identify a burrow

[valczer]

Yesterday I, visited a friend on his farm in SW Ontario and found this burrow in a snow bank by the road. The foot prints were there but because of the weather they were impossible to ID.

This burrow is in the side of a snow bank, it is +- 16 inches in diameter, goes straight down bout a foot and does 90 degree horizontally.

We have no clue what animal may be responsible for it. We thought maybe a skunk or a raccoon but we have never seen them have burrows such as this.

Here are two pictures:

 

[Thunderhog]

If you have badgers in Ontario, it could very well be a badger den.

Badgers like to emerge from their winter nap in early March.......

 

[yomomma]

Could be otter or even beaver

 

[Suther]

Could be otter or even beaver

Beaver eh? Never would have expected one to set up shop in a snow bank beside a road? Not saying I'm disagreeing with you, just not something I would have expected.

 

[FLHTCUI]

Jackalopes.....

 

[burns k31]

Badger is my guess. They are somewhat rare in southern ontario.

 

[Norton]

seems a bit early for coyotes to be digging dens, but maybe?
porcupines are digging little heathens too.

 

[Suther]

Got a trail cam you can set up at the mouth to see what comes in/out?

 

[Beeron]

Sorry, that was me.
I had a few too many the other night and i asked my wife to pull over so i cud free willy.

 

[Petrock]

Someone pee'd there. The animals just like the smell

 

[Suther]

Someone pee'd there. The animals just like the smell

You've got one hell of a bladder if you're burning holes like that in a hard packed snowbank!

 

[Petrock]

You've got one hell of a bladder if you're burning holes like that in a hard packed snowbank!

Cheap whiskey and the wrong women

 

[yomomma]

Beaver eh? Never would have expected one to set up shop in a snow bank beside a road? Not saying I'm disagreeing with you, just not something I would have expected.

I have seen similar holes up by my cabin.

 

[DVXDUDE]

Odd. My first thought would be a fox but doubt it.

Maybe porcupine or Opossum? They are freezing in the trees in the -20 and high winds so I've seen a lot on the ground making little burrows to get out of the wind.

 

[EatAPeach]

I have one like that on my property and it's a skunk.

 

[valczer]

Thanks, boys

Lots of good suggestions.

He will try to set up his trail cam and perhaps get it that way.

Now that it snowed again, maybe the tracks will be better to id.

Cheers,

 

[crazy_davey]

Pour a little salty down there and see what pops up

 

[valczer]

Pour a little salty down there and see what pops up

My trick knee is telling me…you’d pop up lol

 

[Painkillers]

Groundhog.

 

[Butcherbill]

That’s a glory hole.