I went and visited Mackenzie Park with some friends after it had snowed to track animals in Burlington. We found multiple tracks but we were unable to identify most of them because of how fresh the snow was. Some tracks looked like they had been there for a while and were slightly covered in snow and other tracks has some snow fall over onto the tracks. The main animal tracks we found were from cottontail rabbits also know as Genus Sylvilagus. Using the iNaturalist app I was able to compare my findings with other peoples findings. Using this app and recoding my observations also allowed me to show other people what I found and what animals are in the area.
We were unable to identify all of the tracks we found but I used my field guide and previous knowledge of some animals to identify the cottontail rabbit tracks. There was one set of tracks that was hard to tell if they were from a cottontail rabbit or something else because snow had slightly covered them but we used the field guide to look into it further and we found that they were more cottontail rabbit tracks. We also heard many birds and I only got a picture of one of them which was a Hairy woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus). We also saw a Tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) and unfortunately I was unable to get a picture of it. My friend who was with me had a bird field guide that she used to help identify the birds. Here are some more photos of what we found while wondering around Mackenzie Park.
