It’s not every day that I see a spotted salamander. As a matter of fact, I spent a lot of time as a kid in the woods around here turning rocks over, poking sticks into holes, and generally looking everywhere I could for things that creeped and crawled. Plenty of red efts, plenty of newts, [...]
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Amphibian Peregrination
Posted in meanderings, Tracking, Vermont, wildlife biology, tagged salamander, snow, spotted, tracks, winter on February 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Wolverine tracks
Posted in Tracking, wolverines, tagged photographs, pictures, tracks, wolverine on April 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve gotten quite a bit of interest on the site from people looking for pictures of wolverine tracks… so here is a collection of photos i took during the season. Some are better than others, and if anyone has questions or comments about wolverine tracks or tracking, i would love to see them.
A picture is worth thousands of your paltry words
Posted in Photography, Tracking, wolverines on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So, as the progenitor of this digital collection of words and images, I have the unique opportunity to see how people get here. One thing I notice is that as I write about wolverines, folk keep finding this site by seeking photographs of wolverine tracks. Well, give the people what they want, I say (it [...]
Putative bobcats seem quite lazy
Posted in Tracking, wildlife biology, wolverines, words, tagged bobcat, putative, snow, toe drag, track pattern, Tracking, tracks on February 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Putative seems to be the new word in the carnivore world. On going over protocols for tracking wolverines this season, every track is considered a “putative” wolverine track. Which is why there is now a heavy emphasis on collecting hair and scat. DNA gleaned from these samples will allow a putative species track to become [...]
Tracking the wolverine
Posted in Tracking, wildlife biology, wolverines, tagged biology, DNA, scat, snow, technology, Tracking, wildlife, wolverine on January 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Arriving at work on a morning this week, I was asked “how do you feel about following some wolverine tracks today?” The good news was that we had definite evidence of a wolverine visiting one of our trap sites, the bad news was that the trap was closed when the wolverine swung by. Martens are [...]
Weasel and Marten
Posted in Tracking, wildlife biology, wolverines, tagged 2x bounding, marten, photos, snow, Tracking, weasel, winter, wolverine on January 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Took some photos a few weeks back while snowshoeing, and thought maybe i should share them for anyone interested in snow tracking and telling the members of the weasel family apart. I will soon be doing some winter work with wolverines, so hopefully i’ll be able to add some wolverine track photos later on. The [...]
Snow!
Posted in meanderings, Tracking, tagged cougar, snow, tracks, winter on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With five inches or so of snow on the ground and the sun beginning to peer through the clouds, I couldn’t help but get outside today. So for the first time of the season, I strapped on snowshoes and went off to explore a forest road. There is something magical about the first real snow [...]
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