Animal Tracking Workshop in Central Massachusetts, Feb. 17th, 2013

I am offering a tracking workshop from 1 – 3 PM on Sunday February 17th, at the Wachusett Reservoir, in Sterling, MA.  This workshop is open to people of all tracking abilities, beginners included.  We will be both on and off trails and exercise level will be moderate. I recommend bringing snowshoes if snow is deep – [...]

Coyote/Coywolf Tracking Becomes Red Fox Tracking

So I finally got out tracking for the first time this winter. It was a really nice feeling to walk around in the small woods near our house, and have time to explore whatever caught my eye. I gave myself about an hour (it was bitterly cold last Friday, and I had other tasks on [...]

Windows on Wildlife: Reset (and Squirrel Tracks)

Windows on Wildlife is back after a month and a 1/2 absence!  Welcome to the 25th edition -  if you have a recent post about wildlife you would like to share (it can be anything: birds, insects, mammals…) scroll down to the end of the post and add your site. I will compile and post all additions the following week. Please [...]

First Steps for Coyote Monitoring Project

When I started writing my Windows on Wildlife post yesterday, I had intended to write about beginning the process of my tracking survey and got sidetracked talking about the mapping project that will be happening at the same time.  One of the reasons is that I really need to understand the space I’m working in from [...]

Windows on Wildlife: Preparing for an Animal Tracking Survey

Welcome to the 23rd edition of  Windows on Wildlife!  If you have a recent post about wildlife you would like to share – it can be anything: birds, insects, mammals – scroll down to the end of the post and add your site; I will compile and post all additions the following week. Please don’t forget to link back here (I’d [...]

Coyote Monitoring

I’ve written once or twice about the small parcels of woods and power lines that lay behind and along our property. That’s where I go to walk our crazy puppy on a daily basis.  Our house is on a busy road with no sidewalk, so it’s really the only place to go walking.  And I’ve yet [...]