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Algonquin Winter Tracking
Algonquin Winter Tracking 2011
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Friday (Day 7)
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| I took it somewhat easier today, after the longish and sometimes difficult
hikes of the past two days. After attending the formal tracking workshop's
wrap-up to see what they had encountered during the week, I went to the Opeongo Road. |
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Here is a technical tracking
photo for you. It looks like a tiny hoof print. But it is
actually the imprint of the body and feet of a chickadee as
it sat on the ground. And I know this because I watched it
land and take off from this exact spot. In fact, that's a
great way to learn tracking - watch the animals make their
marks and then run over and examine them. |
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Then I drove to the end of
Opeongo Lake and hiked across the frozen lake to the portage
that leads to Little Minnow Lake. Red Squirrel tracks on a
fallen log. |
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The trail was thoroughly
messed up by moose for part of the way! If you look close
you can also see the tracks of Snowshoe Hare running across
the picture (from lower right to upper left). |
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Some moss and lichens in the
snow on Little Minnow Lake. |
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On the way back I photographed
this single moose track planted deep into the snow. It had
changed its mind about which direction it wanted to go. |
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And the marks of a sapsucker
on a Hemlock tree. Sapsuckers are birds that drill holes in
trees to release the sap. They come back later to lick up the
sap that drips out of the holes. But not in winter, of
course, as sap is not running in the winter. |
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