Central TX Track & Sign Certification 5/21/2023
The Earth Native Wilderness School organized 2 Track and Sign Certifications around Bastrop, Texas from May 20-21, 2023. Dave Scott ran one of the certifications and I ran the other.
The weather was amazingly cooperative. We had to work around some rain, but the temperatures were fantastic for this time of year. We spent half of Saturday under a large bridge and the other half at the Earth Native School campus. All told, saw the tracks of 29 species, including 16 mammals, 6 birds, 3 herps, 3 invertebrates, and an odd shoe print from a human. Some favorites include a beautiful set of owl tracks, snapping turtle tracks, and tracks and scats of beaver, nutria, and river otter.
A big thanks to Dave Scott of Earth Native Wilderness School for organizing this certification.
Owl Tracks
Deer Tracks
Frog Tracks
Opossum Tracks
Owl Tracks
Striped Skunk Right Front Track
Trackers -1
Gray Fox Tracks
Pigeon Tracks
Armadillo Tracks
Armadillo Tracks
Human Shoe Print
Deer Gallop
Striped Skunk Lope
Trackers - 2
2
Mud Dauber Digs
Swamp Rabbit Scat
Great Blue Heron
Asian Clam Sign
Beaver Feeding Sign
Cottontail Tracks
Armadillo Tail Drag
Heron Scat
Beaver Tracks
Trackers - 3
3
Beaver Scat
Armadillo Burrow
Turtle Tracks
Otter Tracks
Trackers - 4
4
Beaver Drag Marks
Snapping Turtle Tracks
Bobcat Left Right Track
Pocket Gopher Mound
Nutria Tracks
Otter Scat
Spotted Sandpiper
Nutria Scat
Trackers -5
6
Striped Skunk
Group Photo
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Hi Jonah,
How were you telling apart the Asian clam tracks from the tracks of dragonfly naiads? Straighter tracks for the dragonfly naiad?
Hi Kim! Those signs are really common here when water levels rise and then recede. I think the clams get exposed on the banks and do these spiral search patters trying to find the water. I have some similar pics with the clam still in the trough. I’m not really sure about how this might look different from sign left by dragonfly naiads.