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Cascadia Wildlife Blog

News from the Wolverine Tracking Project and more

Winter Weekly 12/21/2018

12/21/2018

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Another exciting week of tracking trips and camera surveys! Lots of beautiful scenery, carnivore tracks (and more!) and plenty of visitors to the cameras. 

TRACKING TRIPS

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A Cascadia Wild member was on an independent trip near Tilly Jane this past week and came across some very interesting tracks - BEAR! It's almost January, so finding these tracks came as a bit of a surprise. As you can see, there's no arguing with that ID!
Thank you to this individual who is adding to the knowledge of bears in our area and providing this interesting insight into when bears might go into hibernation. Typically, bears begin hibernating when the first snow begins to fall and food starts becoming scarce.

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Bear (above)
Bobcat (below) near Tilly Jane

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Devil's Half Acre came back with a mystery after their trip this weekend. Was it a squirrel? A weasel? A squeasel!?
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While it is difficult to tell, it is possible that these tracks were left by a weasel. It is a jumping pattern of two prints together, with a large stride and a narrow trail width. With squirrels, one would expect to see a bit wider trail width (picture the way their hind legs come around the outside of the front legs when they hop). However, with weasels one would expect to see one foot slightly in front of the other in the pair, which is not apparent in the photo. What do you think?
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The trip to White River enjoyed incredible scenery and took some breathtaking photos despite the lack of carnivore tracks left for them to find.
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WILDLIFE CAMERA FINDINGS

A red fox visited the Glade camera! We unexpectedly got a photo of a fox near this location last year. Originally it was thought that the foxes mostly used the alpine-forest interface, but these photos continue to show that they are using high elevation forest areas regularly as well.
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A rabbit also visited Glade only once during the set, but spent long enough that we could get quite a few clear photos of it.
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Meadows was visited by a marten:
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A mouse and a bushy tailed woodrat take turns at the bait at Bear Springs Far... 
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Until a weasel shows up and claims it for itself (perhaps with a few challenges from the mouse!) The weasel visited day and night for the duration of the set. 
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Additionally at Bear Springs Far, some coyote tracks were found in the area from an individual who came very close but didn't approach the camera close enough for photos.
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(Trail pattern below)
 
Don't forget to check out all of the full photo sets on GoogleDocs

THANK YOU to all of our supporters!

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Do you enjoy these pictures, and your citizen science work in the snow? The best way to say thank you is to
pay it forward with your year-end gift or membership today!


  An anonymous supporter will make an additional donation for every gift or membership of $50 or more received in December, and will double it if we reach our goal! Please give by December 31.
   

Please make a year end gift or become a member today.  


Help us reach our goal and keep these programs going in 2019!



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Winter Weekly 12/11/18

12/11/2018

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    Lots of fun stuff going on over the past week! Tracking Trips went out over the weekend and we have photos from our cameras at Hazel Hollow, Little Zig Zag, Clear Lake, Alpine, and Yellowjacket East and West. Stay warm out there!
    
    Remember: The pictures that you bring back from the wildlife cameras will be posted to Google Drive for you to look at. (the Flickr page will no longer be used.)

Tracking Trips

It sure has been beautiful for the latest tracking trips! There have been some nice tracks found on the camera trips too, like the perfect squirrel track below.
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Looks snowy and beautiful at the Crosstown Trail at Government Camp!
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Voles/Mice, Squirrel, and Snowshoe Hare all left tracks for us to find.

Wildlife Camera Findings

Lots of bobcats and marten have been seen lately! Additionally, lots of elk, deer, and multiple types of birds. Check out the full sets on googledocs. 
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A bobcat leaves a clear track in the snow at Alpine.
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A marten at Little Zig Zag
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Lots of birds
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It looks like we're not the only ones watching this elk!

THANK YOU to all of our supporters!

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Cascadia Wild relies on donors like you to keep the equipment maintained and the data in order!

An anonymous supporter will make an additional donation for every gift or membership of $50 or more received in December, and will double it if we reach our goal!
   
Please make a year end gift or become a member today.
    
Help us reach our goal and keep these programs going in 2019!

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Winter Weekly 11/22/18

12/6/2018

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As snow continues to build up, so do our chances of finding rare signs! Can you identify a wolverine track? Look for these identifying track features:

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• Typical mustelid structure, with 5 toes on all feet
• Front: 4-7.5 inches long x 4-5 inches wide
• Hind: 3.5-4 inches long x 4-5 inches wide
• Thickly furred feet often cause tracks to look indistinct


Trail pattern

Wolverines leave a very unusual trail pattern with lines of footprints at an angle to the direction of travel.  How do they move to leave such a pattern? Watch this illuminating video to see them in motion. (Thanks, Jen, for sharing this!)  Check it out so you'll have a mental image to call up when observing tracks in the field.

Their unique loping gait leaves a distinctive trail pattern we know you'll be able to identify if and when the opportunity presents itself! 

Wildlife Camera Findings
     
We're off to an incredible start! Already a Sierra Nevada red fox has visited the camera at Meadows. Here are the highlights, below. Watch our social media pages for more pictures, and check out the full sets on googledocs.  We think they're especially fun this week!

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An investigative fox at Meadows
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A coyote made regular circles around the bait at Meadows, a buck visits Hazel Hollow #2
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A buck intently watches a nearby doe...and the chase is on! 
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About the updates
 
 

 
The pictures that you bring back from the wildlife cameras will be posted to Google Drive for you to look at. (For those of you who helped out last summer, the Flickr page will no longer be used.) 

In addition, we will be sending you a weekly email with the highlights from both the cameras and the tracking surveys.  You can also check out other photos on our facebook and instagram pages.

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