This week, I headed into Centennial Woods to try to find some signs of winter wildlife. It snowed a bit over the weekend, but was very warm today when I went out, so the snow was very thin and a little hard to see tracks in. However, I did find a few tracks that I thought were interesting!
First I found what I think to be a Gray Squirrel track. The toes were very prominent in the snow, which is what initially caught my eye. The tracks were small, and in a galloper pattern, which lead me to narrow it down to a squirrel.
Again, the most tracks were very hard to make out. I found a prominent trail of tracks showing diagonal walking, but the snow had melted away any distinguishing features.
Lastly, while walking on my way out I found small bird tracks.
It was very fun using the iNaturalist app to try to identify things I saw. I tried it out on some plants as well as the tracks and found it very useful. I am excited to keep using it to learn about more species!