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Brian Booth's Tracking
Quizzes
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Quiz #5 - Question
(March 2003)
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- Habitat: Oak woodlands, above a stream & manmade pond in a city
park. Suburb just outside of Hartford, CT.
- Time of year: December.
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| Photos C1-C3 show tracks leading in & out
of a burrow. |
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Photo C1
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From photos C2 & C3, you can see that when given the option, this
animal prefers to walk on top of a skinny log rather than on the ground
[the snow on the log has been compacted into ice by multiple trips back
& forth].
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Photo C2
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Photo C3
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| Photo C4 shows a close-up of the burrow.
This animal is a good digger and has many burrows within 100 feet of the
pond & stream. |
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Photo C4
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| Photos C5 & C6 show the general track
pattern. |
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Photo C5
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| In C6, note that this animal sometimes drags
his toes in a curving motion. |
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Photo C6
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| C7 is a closeup of typical tracks, note the
front & hind feet almost never fall in exact direct register.
The larger of the 2 feet measures 2" long by 2 ¾" wide. |
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Photo C7
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| C8 is zoomed out a little; stride is
7-9" and trail width is 5". |
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Photo C8
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This animal makes frequent visits to thickets that encircle the pond, as
shown in C9.
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Photo C9
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Quiz
#5 - Answer |
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© by Brian Booth unless indicated otherwise)
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