Patrick Bernard Oreja made an educated guess on this one in our #trackertuesdays #weeklytrackingchallenge, “Green pigeon? Fruit seed matter curling up the scat and colouring it. Can also see Uric acid.” Pigeons and doves (family Columbidae), create spiraled little scats under roosts. Depending on what they are eating, they can appear as tight little coils …
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 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 »
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