{"id":101,"date":"2023-02-16T13:37:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T18:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/?p=101"},"modified":"2023-02-16T13:37:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T18:37:54","slug":"wildlife-signs-in-burlington-old-east-end-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/2023\/02\/16\/wildlife-signs-in-burlington-old-east-end-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife Signs in Burlington- Old East End woods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Visited February 15, 2022 12:10pm; 54\u2109 and windy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I explored a forested area of the Old East End for this phenology assignment, close to UVM&#8217;s Trinity campus but beyond campus grounds. Unfortunately, I chose a bad time to visit, as most of the snow was either melted or iced over. Although I&#8217;ve visited this area post-snow storm and seen many tracks and evidence of wildlife, I had a lot of difficulties finding any evidence of wildlife. My wildlife-identifying skills are also not sharp enough for accurate identification. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made three observations, and am not confident about any of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"763\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/02\/woodpecker-763x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-102 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/02\/woodpecker-763x1024.png 763w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/02\/woodpecker-223x300.png 223w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/02\/woodpecker-768x1031.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/02\/woodpecker-104x140.png 104w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/02\/woodpecker.png 916w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>This is the observation I am most confident in. It is likely some sort of woodpecker. I don&#8217;t know enough about woodpeckers to narrow down the ID to a species based on the holes left in the tree.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>These markings were seen on a tree near the other one. I initially thought it showed signs of beaver activity due to the torn-up wood near the ground. Still, I have changed my thinking after receiving some community feedback on iNaturalist. Due to the smaller holes present, I now think it shows signs of woodpecker activity.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/02\/woodpecker-not-beaver-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-103 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/02\/woodpecker-not-beaver-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/02\/woodpecker-not-beaver-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/02\/woodpecker-not-beaver-105x140.png 105w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/02\/woodpecker-not-beaver.png 924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/02\/i-literally-have-no-clue-what-this-is-780x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-104 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/02\/i-literally-have-no-clue-what-this-is-780x1024.png 780w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/02\/i-literally-have-no-clue-what-this-is-229x300.png 229w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/02\/i-literally-have-no-clue-what-this-is-768x1008.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/02\/i-literally-have-no-clue-what-this-is-107x140.png 107w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/files\/2023\/02\/i-literally-have-no-clue-what-this-is.png 922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>This is the only actual animal track that was left in this area of the woods. Everything else was fully melted away or too melted to even try to identify. I have no clue what this could be from, but it was moving down a steep hill.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tracking is definitely not my forte but I am looking forward to improving my skills and learning from my classmates throughout the rest of winter. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visited February 15, 2022 12:10pm; 54\u2109 and windy I explored a forested area of the Old East End for this phenology assignment, close to UVM&#8217;s Trinity campus but beyond campus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8336,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"cgomez1","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/author\/cgomez1\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cgomez1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}