Beaver Bog Swamp at Great Hollow Wilderness School in New Fairfield. Another day of perfect tracking conditions out on the swamp. Raccoon Tracks. Front track on the left, note the crescent palm pad shape.
Raccoon in their typical pacing gait. Close up of Bobcat tracks, front is to the left, [...]
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Another good tracking day.
Posted in Bobcat, Deer, New Fairfield, Raccoon, Tracking, tagged Tracking on January 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bobcat and raccoon tracks New Fairfield CT
Posted in Bobcat, New Fairfield, Raccoon, Tracking, tagged Tracking on January 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bobcat in as far as I can tell an overstep walk. It is possibly a rotarty lope. The conditions could not have been more perfect. Here is a raccoon coming towards the camera in its typical pacing gait.
Bear at Great Hollow.
Posted in Bear, New Fairfield, Tracking on December 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some bear tracks we found at work. They were a little old and effected by melt.
In this one you can clearly see some of the toe and claw marks. An over-step walk/pace. A classic bear thing to do.
A length of a more or less direct register walk. [...]
Summer Day
Posted in New Fairfield, Plants, Tracking on September 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Classic front and hind tracks, side by side of Raccoon ( hind on right side in picture below).
Skull of Great Horned Owl the kids found at work.
Owl feathers. We found the whole skeleton, what a great teaching oppertunity. These are the small bones that surround the fixed eyes of owls. [...]
