Bear at Great Hollow.

Here are some bear tracks we found at work. They were a little old and effected by melt.

In this one you can clearly see some of the toe and claw marks. An over-step walk/pace. A classic bear thing to do.

A length of a more or less direct register walk. The bear traveled quite a distance in this gate alternating with the over-step walk above.
Some bear poop.

Summer Day

Classic front and hind tracks, side by side of Raccoon ( hind on right side in picture below).

Skull of Great Horned Owl the kids found at work.

Owl feathers. We found the whole skeleton, what a great teaching oppertunity.
These are the small bones that surround the fixed eyes of owls.

Rattlesnake Plantain.

Coyote Tracking at Beaver Brook

I was out tracking and came upon these coyote tracks.

The tracks were in this strange lope. It looked like the animal was kicking its rear feet out to the left side ( you can see the smaller hind tracks out to the left). I stood there for some time trying to figure it out, and the image in my mind was of a happy dog swinging its tail as it pranced about the yard.

I followed the trail only a few more yards and found this.

The whole pack had come together on the swamp ice. Here some coyotes had wrestled together. You can see some knees and elbows in there.

Andy