bird tracks

Talon marks left

Bird tracks are the footprints left by birds, typically showing the characteristic three-toed pattern visible in mud, sand, or snow.

Figuratively, bird tracks describes illegible handwriting—scrawled marks resembling the scratchy impressions birds leave: I can't read this prescription; it's nothing but bird tracks.

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sand · sandy beach · talons · claws · scratches · chicken scratch · trail · wildlife · sparrow · crow · webbed · three-toed · fossils · fossil record · dinosaur footprints · dinosaur · paleontology · beach

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Opposites
animal track type

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Footprints from large omnivores

deer tracks · wolf tracks · hoofprints · horse tracks · footprints

Family

bird, birds, birded, birding, birder, birders, birdlike, track, tracks

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G