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Brian Booth's Tracking
Quizzes
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Quiz #10 - Question
(September 2003)
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Photos H1-H7 are from one area. The tracks do not show up well, but there
are key signs of this animal.
Habitat: Power line & railroad corridor in residential area, near
Hartford, Connecticut.
Time of Year: February.
Photos H1 & H2 show a crab apple tree and how the fruit remains
available to the animals well into winter.
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Photo H1
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Photo H2
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Photos H3 & H4 show that an animal has
collected the crab apples & cached them under the snow at the base of
the tree trunk.
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Photo H3
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Photo H4
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Photos H5 & H6 show tracks leading away from the food cache; tracks
are hard to see in the photo, but footprints are ½" wide by
¾" long, trail width = 1¾", stride = 3¾", and there is
a continuous tail drag.
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Photo H5
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Photo H6
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Photo H7 shows that this animal often tunnels underneath the snow. The
tunnel is about 1¼ " in diameter.
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Photo H7
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Photos H8-H10, which I believe to be the same animal, show much clearer
tracks.
Habitat: Oak woodlands near marsh, city park near Hartford,
Connecticut.
Time of Year: December.
Clues: Footprint and trail width are the same as the previous photos.
But in these photos the animal is bounding at a faster pace, not
dragging its tail continuously. Stride = 9-11", and the tail marks
are 2½" long.
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Photo H8
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Photo H9
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Photo H10
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Quiz
#10 - Answer |
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