{"id":203,"date":"2023-01-30T20:23:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T01:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/?p=203"},"modified":"2025-01-08T23:19:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T04:19:57","slug":"animal-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/2023\/01\/30\/animal-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"1\/30 &#8211; Animal Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"958\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/01\/new-map-958x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204\" style=\"width:369px;height:394px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/01\/new-map-958x1024.jpg 958w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/01\/new-map-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/01\/new-map-768x821.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/01\/new-map.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I have picked a new phenological spot. This spot is located by marker 10, which is in the eastern portion of Centennial Woods. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I chose a new spot to explore Centennial Woods&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;access to spot:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a giant hill in close proximity to the stream and beaver sign that is by a wooden bridge. Do not go up the hill and do not follow the main trail. Instead, walk left. You should be heading in a downward direction. Keep walking left and you will reach the top of a hill where you will find skunk tracks in the snow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/01\/animal-tracks-1-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208\" style=\"width:389px;height:518px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/01\/animal-tracks-1-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/01\/animal-tracks-1-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/01\/animal-tracks-1-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/01\/animal-tracks-1-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/01\/animal-tracks-1-2-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/01\/animal-tracks-1-2-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">skunk tracks in the snow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/01\/goofy-in-the-snow-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205\" style=\"width:399px;height:532px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/01\/goofy-in-the-snow-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/01\/goofy-in-the-snow-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/01\/goofy-in-the-snow-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/01\/goofy-in-the-snow-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/01\/goofy-in-the-snow-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/01\/goofy-in-the-snow-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">These are my friends and I in Centennial Woods on our exploration of animal tracks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am really happy we did not run into a skunk because it probably would have sprayed us with it&#8217;s stink&#8230;it&#8217;s stink is called sulfuric spray. Here are some fun facts about skunks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>skunks are mammals <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>females reject males after mating occurs <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>their diet primarily consists of insects (grasshoppers, beetles, crickets, bees)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>skunks&#8217; spray can be detected from up to 1.5 miles away<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a gland under their tail produces and sprays the sulfuric spray. The sulfuric spray is an oily liquid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/files\/2023\/05\/skunk.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-318\" style=\"width:299px;height:199px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I chose a new spot to explore Centennial Woods&#8230;. &#8230;access to spot: There is a giant hill in close proximity to the stream and beaver sign that is by a wooden bridge. Do not go up the hill and do not follow the main trail. Instead, walk left. You should be heading in a downward &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/2023\/01\/30\/animal-tracks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;1\/30 &#8211; Animal Tracks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8310,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Cameil Nelson","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/author\/cnelso21\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cnelso21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}