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Brian Booth's Tracking
Quizzes
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Quiz #21 - Question
(January 2005)
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Habitat: Dry river bed in the Sonoran Desert, southern Arizona (Photo
21A). Time of Year: January (just a few days ago, as a matter of
fact).
Who were our mystery visitors to the river bed? Send in a guess, and
you’ll find out.
As always, have fun!
-- Brian |
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Photo 21A
Habitat: Dry river bed in the Sonoran Desert, southern
Arizona |
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Photo 21B
Photo 21B shows a trail of several animals in the sand,
indicating this animal travels in groups. |
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Photo 21C
In Photo 21C, one of the animals has investigated a prickly
pear cactus. |
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Photo 21D
In Photo 21D, another of the animals has excavated the
burrow of a small rodent in search of a meal (this animal is
a good digger). |
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Photo 21E
Photo 21E shows the trail of an individual across a patch of
mud, with Photo 21F (below) zoomed in. The animal’s stride
measured 12-13 inches, and the trail width measured 5-6
inches. |
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Photo 21F |
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Photo 21G
From Photo 21G, you can see that this animal is not
particularly graceful and does not direct register. |
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Photo 21H
Photos 21H / 21J / 21K / 21L are zoomed in on individual
footprints; the prints aren’t very clear, as they were made
prior to a heavy rain, so try to meld them together in your
mind to picture what a fresh print would look like. The
prints measure 1¾ inch long by 1½ inch wide. |
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Photo 21J |
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Photo 21K |
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Photo 21L |
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Quiz #21 - Answer |
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(All photos on this page are Copyright
© by Brian Booth unless indicated otherwise)
To send comments,
questions or feedback about these quizzes,
email Brian Booth |
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