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Tracking challenge

WE'RE SHARING A SERIES OF POSTS TO INSPIRE YOU TO EXPLORE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR SIGNS OF WILDLIFE!
AS YOU HEAD OUT, SEND US YOUR TRACKING QUESTIONS, PHOTOS, AND STORIES. Winners will be featured here and on our social media!
Tracking challenge 3: CArnivores! 
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Tracking Challenge #1: Distinct and unique

1/23/2021

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​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:
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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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