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Algonquin Winter Tracking 2011

Saturday (Day 1)

 
The drive through Algonquin Park on Friday night was, shall we say, interesting. Blowing snow lowered visibility to almost nil, at times the highway was almost invisible.

I started the week off with some explorations along the Opeongo Road in Algonquin Park.

Saturday was very cold and windy, leading to very low wind chill temperatures. However, that does not deter me, and I found a Marten trail. This is fairly typical of tracks of mammals that belong to the weasel family. Their track patterns mix up constantly. Sometimes you will find their tracks in a consistent pattern for a distance, but usually it varies as in this photo.

During these explorations I also take time for botany. This is the flower bud of a Speckled Alder, a shrub of low-lying wetland areas and river banks.
The Opeongo Road.
These strange marks are made by a snail or slug scraping away the thin layer of algae that grows on the bark of White Birch trees.
A Ruffed Grouse in a White Birch tree.
 

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