Mike Watling (foxtracker805) sent this photo from the Channel Islands National Park, where he volunteers as a naturalist. He says, “The bird track is a spotted towhee. They will hang out in the bushes near my campsite (on Santa Rosa Island) and are frequently on the ground under the picnic table. For the spotted towhee, and birds …
Here’s some newly documented invertebrate tracks to share with you all in our Tracker Mentoring community! This odd trail belongs to a beetle larva. It is a “cutworm,” a larva of the Tenebrionidae, as far as we can tell. These are seen from time to time in different regions, and this particular one is from …
Here are some newly documented bird tracks to share with you all in our Tracker Mentoring community. The Burchell’s sandgrouse is a desert dwelling bird, whose tracks we recently encountered in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. These dry country birds are beautifully camouflaged, and you could walk by them unnoticed, unless they fly up! Their …
Burchell’s Sandgrouse Tracks – Okavango Delta, Botswana Read More »
Here are some newly documented invertebrate tracks to share with you all in our Tracker Mentoring community. A good friend and fellow tracker in South Africa, Rudi Hulshof, contacted us recently with a series of fascinating pictures which he took in the Thornybush near Hoedspruit. A dash-dash-dash type of line, running through dry sand. We …
Welcome to tracker mentoring, a place to practice your tracking with a community of peers, and world-class mentors. Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter, and especially for reading about this… our inaugural offering! “This is a time to create and share content that engages, entertains, educates and inspires the world.” A quote we love, …
Introducing Tracker Mentoring! (And, introducing the tracks of the Crested Barbet!) Read More »