More Tracks!

The trails at Prescott Farm (www.prescottconservancy.org)

are a great place to check out tracks.

These deer tracks (lower left of photo) stop before the stonewall,

then continue on the other side. Evidence of jumping?

We noticed the "fingers" on these tracks.

It appears turkeys enjoy the trails at Prescott Farm as well!

After the last snowfall, we found evidence of animal activity all over our yard.

These tracks appear to have the hind feet up front. (A rabbit? A squirrel?)

These tiny bird tracks were found beneath our bird feeder.

May be hard to see, but where the bird tracks end, there are marks

made by the bird's wings when it took flight. (I'm pointing to one of the marks.)

We recently found lots of deer tracks in our yard. Some were big and...

...some were small.

Happy Tracking!

Tracks!

Using your hand, a ruler, or a piece of paper are some

suggestions of things to put near the track as evidence of size of track.

(This track is about 2.5" long, most likely hindfoot on top.)

Using a track card (http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Wildlife/Wildlife_PDFs/Track_Card.pdf), would you guess this to be part of the dog or cat family?

What clues lead you to that conclusion?

This track has the hind feet in front of the rear feet.

What animal(s) follow that track pattern?

What animal do you think these tracks came from?

While out on our many adventures recently we have not only seen tracks, but other evidence of animal activity as well! Here is a place where an animal was digging in the snow. What animal may have done this? What clues lead you to that animal? What do you think this animal was looking for?

If you have any pictures of tracks from your own adventures, please share! Let's see how diverse our animal evidence collection can be!