Part of my workday is spent making casts of animal tracks I find on the riverfront where there is a rookery of bald eagles, osprey, hawks and vultures....
Len, How about a Snowy Owl. Are they found in your region? 3.75 to 5.25 inches in length by 2.25 to 3 inches wide, Zygodactyl. Roosts on the ground. Shane. ...
Sorry I should have given my location. I'm in Virginia, no owls here large enough to leave tracks with a stride like that. Also this bird comes out of the...
Ive posted a pic of a track I found today with no other marks in the vicinity. I was puzzled by it at first since I know the feet of every aquatic bird on the...
Len, I would say it's not a track at all or at least the shape you see wasn't made by an animal, it was made by the sun that you said started to melt things....
This has been a very poor winter for viewing tracks here in Maine. After some really weird weather which washed away most of our snow cover, we finally got...
I've posted a pic of the cast I made of the track so you can see it in relief. As you can see there are 3 distinct toes, each with a small claw at the end and...
I've uploaded a couple pictures to the BJMaine folder. The second one is some turkey prints in the frozen mud/snow of the road here. See the 9V battery, which...
This story is interesting. Anyone know who the trackers were who were looking for the cat? I'd love to hear "the rest of the story." ... Large Cat Tracked Near...
Hi Everyone!!! I am a high school senior and have been tracking since I was about 12. I am recently teaching my entire enviromental science class how to track...
Hi Alysha, Great to hear you are getting your class involved! Maybe they could work on learning the gait patterns of the animals so they can recognize the...
Hi Kim, Thank you so much for your idea. It helped me lots!!! Next week we are going out again, this time in a different area. Hope that it is as successful...
Hi My name's Chris, I run a UK based exotic wildlife research group in the called "Beastwatch UK" and would like to put a slot on our website and forum of ...
"Call for Presenters" TRACKING 2005 ISPT's 6th Annual Tracking Symposium October 28-30, 2005 at Lost Pines Scout Reservation in Bastrop, Texas 25 Miles East...
Wilderness Discovery will offer "Man Tracking Level 1" over the weekend of 23-25 Sept.'05. This event will be held near Richmond, Va.. For more info go to...
If the tracks haven't been acted upon by a weather event or freeze thaw it can be hard to tell. My advice is for you to place some tracks where you can watch...
Recent weather, soil type (e.g. mud, sand), wind conditions, humidity, gravity, and subsequent usage greatly affect the "aging" of tracks. As do the type of...
I read the one can tell the sex of a deer by looking at the line of its tracks. If the rear track is inside to the front track it is a male. If it is outside,...
Jed.....First I don't buy that method of telling sex. On a deer and many quadrupeds the front hoof or paw is larger. If you think about which end of the animal...
Thanks Roy ( or Mr Roy if you want ). I feel very emberassed saying this, but I don't really know what you mean by "dew claws." I could guess but I wouldn't...
Jed....First, I work for a living so "SIR" and "Mr." don't apply. Dew claws (SP?) are the smaller clouts or toes behind the main two on a deer. They may show...
I have read of this purported method for determining gender of many mammals, not just deer, but as I recall it you 'might' have it backwards. I remember the ...
Thanks, Roy. I have used that info that you gave me ever since I got your letter! I have some more questions though (sorry). 1. Are deer colourblind, cause my...
1. Are deer colorblind, cause my mom makes me wear a bright orange hat to be sure the hunters don't mistake me for a deer. And every time I get semi close to...
Thanks, Roy. I have used that info that you gave me ever since I got your letter! I have some more questions though (sorry). Don't be sorry, I as I suspect...
... I'm just a novice at getting close to animals so I usually listen rather than post, and I know you don't get much exercise or fresh air this way, but I'd...
I had this happen yesterday. I track for a Search and Rescue group here in Va.. While out on a task yesterday we had been working down a trail. When we came to...
I've had many similar experiences with deer. Sometimes they even seem to have a sense of humor. Last winter I circled around with some deer through some mostly...
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