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Animal tracking in receding snow

1/15/2017

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Warming temperatures and rain during the second week of January contributed to significant snow melt. Winter tracking can be a challenge when only intermittent patches of snow remain in the woods. There was just enough at Quabbin Gate 40 on 1/11 and at Barre Falls Dam on 1/14 to present tracking students with identification challenges.
Remember: don't just look at the tracks themselves, but also study the patterns and learn about the different types of animal movements--trotting, walking, loping, bounding, etc.
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Fisher, loping pattern. (Facebook page quiz.)
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Fisher (Martes pennanti)
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Two American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
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Eastern Coyote (Canis latrans)
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Moose (Alces alces)
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Fisher, loping pattern.
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Fisher (Facebook page quiz.)
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Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
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Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
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Moose (Alces alces)
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