On page 617 of Mammal Tracks & Signs by Mark Elbroch (2nd ed) there is an excellent description of this behaviour. It reads: Both eastern gray (or “grey”) and fox squirrels also create large visual and olfactory scent posts at the base of trees (often the lee side) and under large branches (Koprowski 1993). Previously, …
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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 …
Mammal tracks always seem to attract more interest than others, perhaps because that’s what we typically think about tracking, when we think about tracking… In our #trackertuesdays #weeklytrackingchallenge we had three answers from three different countries for this one: Ross Marcel Gariepy (SA) – Zebra, odd toed ungulate or hoofed animal. Mike Watling (USA) – …
Zebra (zeh-brah, not zee-brah) tracks, South Africa Read More »