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First fawn at this location this year

Tracks. First image shows hallux.

Tracks

With two vole tracks to right. The JM tracks show a stronger front-hind disparity than the vole, and these were the only set of tracks in a tight bounding group in this mud patch.

Two olives making tracks.

Tracks seen at the Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area while teaching a tracking workshop to Texas Parks and Wildlife Biologists. First county record as far as we know.

on secured dumpster, SFSC Sierra Nevada Field Campus; my hand span is 7"

Harassed by two American Crows while flying over Union Bay. Viewed from southwest section of trail starting from UW Center for Urban Horticulture.

Width of metatarsal pad is greater than 50mm, so likely a male

Right front (1st photo) and left front

From left to right across top: 2 humeri, 1 femur, 2 tibia. Rib below.

Juv

about 5 feet above water, midway up a 10 foot rocky cliff / wall.

banded on left leg but unable to see any numbers, been hiding out since yesterday’s storm

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Predation by sharp-shinned hawk. Witnessed. Major wing feathers plucked, contour feathers fell in puffs, and the hawk flew off with the body.

Bear in an oak tree. Probably dispersing young male from Sonoma County. Found bear scat on a trail in Olema Valley back in April.

A case could be made for Barred Owl at this location, but it would be on the extreme large end of the track length. GHO seems more likely.

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Fronts have 4 toes registering and rears have 5. Tail drag visible.

Tracks from one of the “Sikik” (Arctic Ground Squirrel) living in the riprap along the beach in Nome.

Jumping up onto a log. Last image is from an individual jumping down from the same log.

Protrusions from sweetgum tree

Endophyte? Host Fouquieria splendens

~2 month old baby. Mother was in same tree (a willow).

Scat and urine patch from a juvenile Bear, accompanied by tracks (last photos.)

Tracks

Last fall's scat composed entirely of tough fibers. Cambium feeding sign?
Other Bear sign abundant in immediate area including much fresher, more typical scats.

I saw these red fox pups at a den along the railroad tracks in the Shinnecock Hills Preserve.

with confirmed sighting of the bird
Walking

Scat on mound, tail drag through middle, front and hind tracks on the left. There were 4 of these mounds along the riverbank at 15-20 yard intervals.

Under hwy 1 bridge

Tracks

Tracks

Fresh tracks and hopping trail in fine silt.

Fresh tracks in fine silt.

looks like someone sawed off the antlers (skeleton was not far from an infrequently used trail), so I’m guessing it was a young bull that died in summer or fall.

Female. Feather in first picture has a pinched shaft giving a more pronounced bend. Last picture is coverts?

Squarish owl tracks in a dust patch near an old barn where 3 individual owls of this species were seen roosting a few minutes later.