This is a classic Cape Buffalo dung pile. They look like large pellets, folded into each other and sometimes just a large “plop.” They resemble the dung of domestic cows (or domestic cow dung resembles their dung). Similar species: On occasion, we have seen very atypical waterbuck and giraffe scats that resemble this, but the …
These photos were taken at our training venue, Ngala Training Camp, in the Balule Region of the Greater Kruger, South Africa. The first photo is fresh, and the second one, older. Frikkie Kotze answered this question correctly in our #trackertuesdays #dailytrackingchallenge. It’s scrub hare urine signs! Frikkie had this as a question on a #CyberTracker …
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 »