{"id":54,"date":"2020-01-31T11:15:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T16:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gyaros\/?p=54"},"modified":"2020-01-31T11:16:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T16:16:08","slug":"prompt-5-endurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gyaros\/2020\/01\/31\/prompt-5-endurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Prompt 5: Endurance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During this visit to my place, I was pleasantly surprised to find several indications of wildlife activity. Around the base of the berry tree, there was a mass of wildlife tracks. Since the tracks were all so clustered together, it took me some time to find a distinct track, but once I did, I quickly identified it as a galloper, and after measuring the track, I was able to identify it as a gray squirrel track. I measured the straddle at around 10 cm, then used the Mammal Tracks and Scat guide to quickly identify the tracks as gray squirrel tracks, as gray squirrels typically have a straddle between 10-14 cm (Levine). I also noticed several canine tracks, but upon measuring them, I determined that they were most likely from a domestic dog, as they measured in at about 10 cm long, quite a bit longer than the average red fox track which is only 5-7 cm (Levine). I also spotted several shallow holes in the area, likely from squirrels looking for their caches.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, there were not many twigs in the area that I was able to identify. After attempting to identify several odd twigs that didn\u2019t appear to be on the twig identification handout, I was finally able to locate several black oak group and eastern white pine twigs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since my last visit, the shrubs have finally lost all of their leaves. I also noticed that the tree berries looked wrinkly and slightly dried out. Nothing appears to be eating them, making me wonder if they\u2019re even edible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference List <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levine, Lynn. (n.d.). <em>Mammal tracks and scat: Life-sized pocket guide.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gyaros\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_1004-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"55\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gyaros\/?attachment_id=55\" class=\"wp-image-55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gyaros\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_1004-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gyaros\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_1004-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gyaros\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_1004-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gyaros\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_1004-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gyaros\/files\/2020\/01\/IMG_1004-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" 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