I chose to explore the golf course area behind Redstone Campus. My phenology spot is near there, but I explored areas further away and that had more tree coverage than my phenology spot does. I also explored some of the woods that are further down the street along a neighborhood. The spot I chose did make it slightly difficult to explore because many of the tracks had been blown over a little bit by the wind. The location is also popular for dog walkers. This made it slightly difficult as well to tell if a print was from a possible coyote or fox or if it was another domestic dog print. I returned a second day as well to look further due to my lack of findings my first day. Despite these difficulties, I was able to find some rabbit prints and possible coyote prints as well as many domestic dog prints.
My experience with the iNaturalist app was a little difficult. I was able to use the app great however I am not sure if my postings were added to the class project. I believe I selected the correct settings for it, but when I went to go look, I was unable to see my posting.
The first prints I found were domestic dog prints. These were the easiest to identify for me. I was able to look at the walk, which was slightly excited and random, as well as the paw size to identify the species. The direction the toes pointed, which is outward, also hinted towards the domestic dog species.
For the rabbit tracks, I hypothesize that they are the eastern cottontail rabbit. The tracks show all four prints close together. The prints are slightly smaller than the prints within the tracking book so I would guess that the rabbit is on the smaller and maybe younger side.
The last track I found was a possible coyote track. This one is really difficult to tell. I think the size and the direction of the nails hint towards coyote. However, with the number of domestic dog tracks present at the course, there is a high likelihood that it could just be a dog.