My lovely friend Amelia and I decided to walk down to North Beach and explore the surrounding wooded areas for signs of winter wildlife. We encountered many dog tracks and scat at the beginning of our journey. Eventually, we came across some tracks that appeared to be a coyote and we also spotted some ducks swimming in Lake Champlain near the shore of the beach. Regarding my experience recording observations using the iNaturalist app, I felt that it was unclear as to whether or not my observations were recorded in the NR2 project; I couldn’t find any way to post them directly onto it. I was able to upload observations to my account on iNaturalist, but I don’t know if they’re visible on the project.
This is what I saw…
More specifically, we noticed and identified that the birds in the water were ducks based on their green heads and beak. We narrowed down the identification of the tracks to a coyote based on them being narrower than that of a dog and the toe prints having sharp nails that point straight out instead of curving in like that of a domestic dog. Albeit, we may be completely wrong about our identification and aren’t fully sure.
At the end of our venture, we enjoyed the sunset by a fire we constructed ourselves using wood scraps we found scattered along the beach. This was quite the adventure… until next time!
