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Brian Booth's Tracking
Quizzes
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Quiz #15 - Question
(May 2004)
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Habitat: A sand volleyball court at a corporate industrial site in central
Connecticut (Photo N1). The industrial site is in a rural area and
surrounded by state forest consisting of oak / maple / beech / birch
woodlands – see Photo N2. (The woodlands is the overall habitat of this
animal; not the volleyball area.) It had rained very hard the previous
week, transforming the volleyball court into the ultimate "tracking
box"!
Time of Year: April |
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Photo N1
A sand volleyball court at a corporate industrial site in
central Connecticut |
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Photo N2
The industrial site is in a rural area and surrounded by
state forest consisting of oak / maple / beech / birch
woodlands.
The woodlands is the overall habitat of this animal; not
the volleyball area.
It had rained very hard the previous week, transforming
the volleyball court into the ultimate "tracking box"! |
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Photo N3 shows that the mystery animal has stepped out of the woods &
walked around in circles on the volleyball court. |
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Photo N3 |
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Photo N4
A medium-range shot of the tracks. |
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Photo N5
A closeup of a typical track.
The footprint measures 4¾" wide by 5½" long, including
the rear toe. The stride here ranged from 7 to 12", and the
trail width was 6½". |
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Photos N6 / N7 / N8 show a different area of the court – the animal is
moving faster here, and the tracks have a slightly different in
appearance in that the rear toe does not show. For these tracks, the
footprint measured 4¾" wide by 4" long, the stride ranged from 18 to
22", and the trail width was 9". |
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Photo
N6 |
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Photo
N7 |
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Photo
N8 |
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Quiz
#15 - Answer |
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© by Brian Booth unless indicated otherwise)
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