{"id":44,"date":"2022-02-21T18:25:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T23:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/?p=44"},"modified":"2022-02-21T18:25:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T23:25:56","slug":"animal-evidence-in-centennial-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/2022\/02\/21\/animal-evidence-in-centennial-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Evidence in Centennial Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This past week, I took a trip to Centennial Woods looking for tracks and other evidence of animals. I found a few examples and took pictures to post to inaturalist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first, and most exciting, animals I saw evidence of was a porcupine. Near the entrance to Centennial Woods, by the river and small bridge that crosses it, there is a dead tree that has had all the bark chewed off the top branches. I had noticed this on previous trips, and the accompanying spray off wood chips on the ground, but it wasn&#8217;t until Walt&#8217;s lecture on porcupines that I figured out what it was. Upon seeing the tree again with new knowledge, I am fairly confident the markings matched the description of a Porcupine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_4407-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45\" width=\"242\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_4407-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_4407-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_4407-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_4407-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_4407-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_4407-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Up the trail further, I came across a set of tracks from what appeared to be a Fisher. I saw them right in the middle of the trail frequented by humans and their pets, so I wasn&#8217;t able to see where the tracks came from or went to, but I saw two clear tracks, and the distinctive five toes, with a long foot pad helped me to identify it as a a Fisher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_4409-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46\" width=\"324\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_4409-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_4409-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_4409-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_4409-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_4409-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_4409-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past week, I took a trip to Centennial Woods looking for tracks and other evidence of animals. I found a few examples and took pictures to post to inaturalist. The first, and most exciting, animals I saw evidence of was a porcupine. Near the entrance to Centennial Woods, by the river and small bridge &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/2022\/02\/21\/animal-evidence-in-centennial-woods\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Animal Evidence in Centennial Woods&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7135,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"thmullin","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/author\/thmullin\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}