{"id":35,"date":"2025-01-27T12:14:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T17:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/?p=35"},"modified":"2025-01-27T12:14:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T17:14:32","slug":"animal-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/2025\/01\/27\/animal-tracking\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When I went to my phenology spot today, I saw little wildlife. I saw no animals and heard no birds. While walking, I heard only the sound of the wind and the moving trees. The trail was very icy, so it was hard to look for prints. However, I did find some animal prints further in the forest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9104-473x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38\" style=\"width:222px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9104-473x1024.png 473w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9104-139x300.png 139w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9104-768x1662.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9104-710x1536.png 710w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9104-946x2048.png 946w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9104.png 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The picture above looks like a print of a rabbit. The hind feet and the small paws in front give that clue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9103-1-473x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40\" style=\"width:232px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9103-1-473x1024.png 473w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9103-1-139x300.png 139w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9103-1-768x1662.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9103-1-710x1536.png 710w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9103-1-946x2048.png 946w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9103-1.png 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t make these tracks out, but it seems like the animal is walking and not hopping because the prints are going in a straight line. It could be a dog or a small cat of some sort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9102-1-473x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41\" style=\"width:222px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9102-1-473x1024.png 473w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9102-1-139x300.png 139w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9102-1-768x1662.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9102-1-710x1536.png 710w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9102-1-946x2048.png 946w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_9102-1.png 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This looks like some prints, but it is all over the place, and I&#8217;m not sure if the animal is hopping or walking. This could also be snow melt or snow that had fallen from the trees and made these patterns. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I went to my phenology spot today, I saw little wildlife. I saw no animals and heard no birds. While walking, I heard only the sound of the wind and the moving trees. The trail was very icy, so it was hard to look for prints. However, I did find some animal prints further &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/2025\/01\/27\/animal-tracking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Animal Tracking&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9739,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Izzy Morris","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/author\/ilmorris\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9739"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ilmorris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}