Tracking Challenge #1: Distinct and unique

​Author: Teri Lysak, Tracking Leader with the Wolverine Tracking Project

TRACKING CHALLENGE 1
​Send us your photos of:
- clear, distinct tracks, and/or
- the most unusual tracks!
Challenge Ends: February 15
Send photos to: wildlifesurveys@cascadiawild.org
Or, tag us on social media! #CaWTracks
Send us all your tracking questions and stories, too!

We finally have the possibility of some snow in the foothills this weekend and next week!
I am excited for the snow! Some of you may be looking at me askance, but when there is snow, suddenly I can see the tracks of all the animals that live here. What a wealth of information!

The last time it snowed in Portland, I learned a lot of things about my neighborhood. The first tracks I saw when I walked out the front door were these:

Cat. We don't have a cat, but there were the tracks, walking right down our driveway, through the yard, and on. I followed them down the sidewalk, into the neighbor’s yard, out of their yard, and down the road some more. I don’t know where it came from or how far it traveled the night before, but it seemed familiar with the area, walking at a steady, even pace as if making its usual nightly rounds.

Next I wandered to the backyard. A bit of snow had blown into the covered patio on the far side of the yard, and there I saw these tracks:

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