Sign: Tracks 2.25-2.5” long. Band-taileds are the largest pigeons in NA weighing up to 18 oz. We were at 6000’ in the Laguna Mts, where there are no white-wing doves or feral pigeons, but prime habitat for band-tailed.

I considered this might be porcupine sign until I reviewed Elbroch's Mammal Track and Sign 2nd edition. From pg. 626 "they often feed on pine cambium, leaving distinct patchwork signs where they remove all the bark from the areas large enough and high enough to easily be confused with porcupine sign. Look closely at the size of the incisors, however, as red squirrels tend to leave readily discernable incisor marks in the bark of trees on which they forage". The last two photos show a zoomed in view of incisor marks in the cambium, much too small for porcupine. Red squirrel is an extremely common species out here and I reliably see many squirrel tracks each time I visit the sno park. To date, I have not seen porcupine tracks in the area.