{"id":125,"date":"2024-02-19T16:20:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T21:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ggrzanphenology\/?p=125"},"modified":"2024-02-19T16:23:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T21:23:21","slug":"wildlife-in-burlington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ggrzanphenology\/2024\/02\/19\/wildlife-in-burlington\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife in Burlington"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For the “Wildlife in Burlington” phenology blog post, I decided to mostly stay on campus and do some mammal tracking. The main area which I explored was the open area with some trees by the Davis Center Tunnel exit. I figured this area would have at least some activity, due to the presence of scattered trees and the lack of man-made pathways. First, I’ll start with the tracks that were relatively easy to identify, and some of the straightforward mammal sightings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eastern cottontail rabbit tracks, 2\/16\/2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eastern gray squirrel tracks, 2\/16\/2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Raccoon tracks, 2\/16\/2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eastern gray squirrel, 2\/16\/2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Eastern cottontail tracks, 2\/16\/2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eastern cottontail, 2\/16\/2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Now for the more difficult-to-identify tracks. Some of these may definitely just be from a domestic dog or cat, but I wasn’t quite sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Additionally, after doing the initial tracking, I realized there was a culvert with animal tracks on either end, right behind the University Heights complex. This culvert with animal tracks represents the interactions between wildlife and man-made structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Overall, my experience using iNaturalist went pretty well, except iNat didn’t quite help with any identifications as the top guess was consistently “American Fisher” when obviously, none of these tracks are from a fisher. I’ve been using iNaturalist for about a year now, so I didn’t experience difficulty with uploading my findings and adding potential identifications. The only thing I found slightly annoying is that your upload is required to have an identification for it to be added to the project, which was kind of unfortunate because I wasn’t totally certain about some identifications so some of my uploads will remain in my general observations until I get a suggested identification.<\/p>\n\n\n

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For the “Wildlife in Burlington” phenology blog post, I decided to mostly stay on campus and do some mammal tracking. The main area which I explored was the open area with some trees by the Davis Center Tunnel exit. I figured this area would have at least some activity, due to the presence of scattered … <\/p>\n

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