Febuary 18, 2024
For this assignment, I traveled down to the Burlington Harbor Marina where I work over the summer to check in on the lake to see if its freezing around the docks and also too look for tracks closer to the water. I remeber over the summer seeing Raccons over by the dumpsters and along the bank and sure enough I found Racoon tracks. I was unable to locate there living area however I noticed they must have been foraging for food in the trash from the near by Restourant. Two of the tracks were bigger (3″) and then the other track that was walking off to the side was a smaller 2″ track which I think is the younger Raccon with its family. Unfortunetly the cold weather killed the battery on my iPhone within the first few minutes of tracking but I was able to take a picture of the size of the two Racoons prints. I never saw the Raccons but a couple days prior to me exploring down by the water, as I was walking back from the Grundle I saw a lone Raccon sneaking along side the back of a building. I think this means that the Raccons are starting to get ready for spring and are scrounging more for food which would explain the recent activity of them in Burlington.
