Sorry I have not been writing, its been a very busy spring working long hours at work and teaching a lot on the weekends.
On a walk along the road the other day I saw a lot of great edible plants. Did not have the camera but heres a list; Hog Peanut, Ground Nut, Sumac, Ramps, Burdock, [...]
Archive for the ‘Tracking’ Category
Spring Time
Posted in Animals, Plants, Tracking, Wild Edibles, tagged Tracking on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bobcat hunting lay and Coyote pack gathering.
Posted in Bobcat, Tracking, coyote, tagged Tracking on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bobcat trail up under the powerlines near my house. If you look deep into the track you can see the asymmetry typical of the felines.
I followed him ( I think it was a hime because of the size of the tracks and stride of the trail), up the hillside and found this spot. He entered from [...]
Coyote Kill site?
Posted in Tracking, coyote, tagged Tracking on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In field behind my house we came upon these tracks telling a story to us. My interpretation of that story is as follows.
A female Coyote, by the size of her tracks, used my old tracks in the deep snow as she crossed the field. Both canines and felines often use old prints and trails to make [...]
Fox in Maine
Posted in Tracking, Uncategorized, tagged Tracking on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fox trail in Maine. We saw many prints similar to this one as well as the scat below.
Fox repeatedly marked small trees and things along the trails, you can just see his trail lead up to and away from the tree. The scent marks smelled a little skunky which is consistant with a male fox [...]
Hunting Hawk
Posted in Tracking, Uncategorized, tagged Tracking on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Saw this in the field behind my house. I think by the foot prints it is a redtail whom must have seen the little mouse or vole poking its head up and swooped down for it from the right, grabbed it, hoped to the left as it lost speed and stopped their,standing on its prey [...]
Recent tracking, latest in a new year of tracking
Posted in Tracking, coyote, tagged Tracking on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some pictures of field where coyotes gathered the night before.
Note the rolling and drag marks from submissive behaviours.
Below are some tracks from an individual running in a semicircle in his or her excitment to be with its packmates.
Tracks near the house.
Posted in Raccoon, Tracking, tagged Tracking on January 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Opossum tracks in the yard. Both front and hind feet are in the picture. The under step walk of the Opossum. He or she had checked my front door, found it closed and moved on. A squirrel tried to get away with this apple.
A Raccoon sat and ate [...]
Another good tracking day.
Posted in Bobcat, Deer, New Fairfield, Raccoon, Tracking, tagged Tracking on January 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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, [...]
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. [...]
