{"id":127,"date":"2023-12-06T12:52:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T17:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/?p=127"},"modified":"2023-12-06T12:52:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T17:52:36","slug":"wildlife-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/2023\/12\/06\/wildlife-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today I wasn&#8217;t able to see any animals, most likely because they are preparing to hunker down for winter. But I did see evidence of them through tracks in the snow. Below are many pictures I took of the tracks. I think most of them are squirrels and there are a few bird tracks as well. I heard a couple birds, but it was much less than I normally hear-this indicates that many of them have migrated. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8826-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;width:476px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8826-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8826-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8826-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8826-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8826-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tracks right next to a broken-up pinecone-evidence of squirrels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8820-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-129\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;width:484px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8820-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8820-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8820-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8820-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8820-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bird tracks on top of squirrel(?) tracks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8831-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333333;width:507px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8831-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8831-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8831-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8831-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8831-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">More tracks on top of a log<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8804-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333333;width:520px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8804-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8804-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8804-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8804-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8804-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tracks leading down a log<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8799-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;width:497px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8799-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8799-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8799-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8799-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8799-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Overlapping of many tracks- showing that many animals walked in this spot, or one animal was there frequently.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8840-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-135\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;width:445px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8840-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8840-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8840-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8840-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8840-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">More tracks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8834-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-136\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;width:412px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8834-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8834-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8834-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8834-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_8834-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">More tracks <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I wasn&#8217;t able to see any animals, most likely because they are preparing to hunker down for winter. But I did see evidence of them through tracks in the snow. Below are many pictures I took of the tracks. I think most of them are squirrels and there are a few bird tracks as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/2023\/12\/06\/wildlife-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wildlife<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9042,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-december-9th"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"spendyke","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/author\/spendyke\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}