Friday, October 5, 2012

Animal Sign Found Within Hectare

When surveying our hectare we found animal sign from multiple species of birds, a large herbivore and a small carnivore. A set of whitetail deer tracks was found moving across the top of a ridge in a northern direction. Along with the tracks a pile of deer feces was found in the general direction the tracks were traveling. In the far corner of our hectare a pile of what looked like feces from a small carnivore, because of the hair that was in the scat, was found. A large tree was noted to have multiple woodpecker holes ranging from old to fresh which could point a longstanding partnership between this environment and pileated woodpeckers. Finally a turkey (or other large bird) feather was found in the southern half of the hectare.

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