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Animal Tracks in the Snow.

Animal Tracks in the Snow. By: Michelle Tufano & Derrick Pfister. How can you identify tracks when you come across them in the snow?. Most might think the only way to identify tracks are by the footprint but, there are a few other things that will help. They are to:.

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Animal Tracks in the Snow.

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  1. Animal Tracks in the Snow. By: Michelle Tufano & Derrick Pfister

  2. How can you identify tracks when you come across them in the snow? • Most might think the only way to identify tracks are by the footprint but, there are a few other things that will help.

  3. They are to: • Know what animals are native to your region. • Know what animals are true hibernators. • Understand that animals walk different and be able to identify their different strides. • Factor in the size of the track. • Be aware of what habits animals live in. • And of course use their footprints.

  4. Opossum 3 – Moles 6 – Shrews 9 – Bats 2 - Cottontail Rabbit Snowshoe Hare Chipmunk Woodchuck AKA Groundhog Coyote Red/Gray Fox Black Bear Mink Skunk Bobcat ??? Mountain Lion ??? 2 – Squirrels 2 – Flying Squirrels Beaver 5 – Mice 2 – Rats 3 – Voles Bog Lemming Muskrat Porcupine White tailed Deer Raccoon 2 – Weasel River Otter Fisher The Mammals of Northeastern Pennsylvania

  5. In our region there are only Three True Hibernators. • Little Brown Bat • Woodchuck AKA Groundhog • Jumping Mouse

  6. Animals Strides • Bounders – Back feet land in front of the front tracks. • Weasels, Otters, Badger. • Pacers – Left front next to the right rear track. • Porcupines, Raccoons, Opossums, Skunks, Bear. • Diagonal Walker – Left front and right rear • Cats, Dogs, Hoofed Animals. • Hoppers – Jump ahead with their rear feet landing in front of their front feet. • Rodents-squirrel, Rabbits.

  7. Pacer Front 5 in. L X 5 in. W Hind 7 in L X 5 in. W Black Bear Tracks

  8. Notice you don’t see any claws. Diagonal Walker Bobcat

  9. Also a Diagonal Walker Front 2” L Notice this time you can see the claws. Hind 2” L Coyote

  10. Pacer Raccoon

  11. Gray Squirrel • Gray Squirrel are Hoppers.

  12. Strides can be 8 to 14” depending on their speed Size: 3.5 to 4.5 inches long3.75 to 4.25 inches wide Diagonal Walker Wild Turkey

  13. Turtles • Don’t forget reptiles leave tracks too.

  14. Beaver • Pacer

  15. Opossum Pacer

  16. Don’t forget about the little guys the make tracks too.

  17. Beetles

  18. Over Time… • Tracks change • This is due to the snow packing. • Additional snow falls. • Interference from another animals tracks. • Wind and other weather affects. This can make it vary difficult to properly identify which animal made the track.

  19. The End

  20. Works Cited • http://www.bear-tracker.com/ • “Toe Know How”, Camping Magazine. Nov/Dec 2000. • Life in the Cold. • The Mammals of NE. PA. By John Serrao • 4-H Wildlife Is All Around Us, Book #3

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