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Tracking
Quizzes
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Quiz #47 - Question
by Brian Booth |
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Photo 47A Here’s a tracking
quiz that doesn’t have any animal tracks. All it has is animal
“sign”. If you know this animal and are familiar with New England,
it will be easy. If not, it could be challenging.
Habitat: Mixed hardwood/conifer forest in rocky hills of rural
northeast Massachusetts.
Time of year: March.
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Photo 47B
Photo 47B shows a closer look at the types of trees in the area.
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Photo 47C
Here’s a small boulder field in the woods
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Photo 47D
There are some signs that an animal has been using the boulder
field as a den
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Photo 47E
Photo 47E is zoomed in on the den entrance, showing scat mixed in
with the leaves.
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Photo 47F
Photo 47F is zoomed in further (I reached my camera a full
armlength inside the den). The photo shows a huge mound of scat. But
it didn’t smell like a latrine – it smelled more like a Christmas
wreath. Hmmm?
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Photo 47G
Here is what the scat looks like when separated from the leaves.
It ranges from about ¾ inch to 1 inch long, and is about 5/8 inch in
diameter. Some of the scat is straight; some is curved, similar in
shape to macaroni.
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Photo 47H
Here is another artifact I found at the den entrance
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OK, that’s all the clues you get.
Questions:
1. What kind of tree is shown in Photo 47B?
2. What animal
was denning under the boulders?
3. List at least 4 clues that led you to
your answer. |
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