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The first 3000 observations.
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
medium
medium
medium
White-tailed Deer
medium
Striped Skunk
medium
Common Raccoon
Lower set of tracks
White-tailed Deer
medium
Kanadischer Luchs
medium
medium
medium
medium
Mountain Lion
before 1st Mariposa Reserve sign heading up Blackstar. Lion trotted along the trail for a while then gone.
medium
Fisher
medium
Owl pellets? Took a picture of trees above where they were found
Kanadischer Luchs
medium
Voles, Lemmings, and Muskrats
Dog poo bag for scale
Grey Partridge
Size 7 women's boot for scale
Ochre Sea Star
I think these don't really like crossing open sand, so don't leave tracks very often.
Carnivorans
medium
White-tailed Deer
medium
Typical Owls
Owl Pellet.
medium
Woodrats
Observed nest.
Common Raven
Tracks in the snow at the edge of the ballfields near the Bronx Kill, a location where the resident ravens are often seen foraging and caching food. As pointed out to me by knowledgeable naturalists, proximity of the second and third toes is diagnostic for Corvus. Tracks too large for American or Fish Crows at slightly more than 4 inches in length, measured in comparison to a foot of known size
medium
Woodrats
Observed nest.
Owls
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Gopher Tortoise
medium
Florida Sand Skink
medium
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
medium
medium
mediumWhite-tailed Deer
mediumStriped Skunk
mediumCommon Raccoon
Lower set of tracksWhite-tailed Deer
mediumKanadischer Luchs
medium
medium
mediumMountain Lion
before 1st Mariposa Reserve sign heading up Blackstar. Lion trotted along the trail for a while then gone.Fisher
mediumKanadischer Luchs
mediumVoles, Lemmings, and Muskrats
Dog poo bag for scaleCarnivorans
mediumWhite-tailed Deer
medium
mediumWoodrats
Observed nest.Woodrats
Observed nest.
Squirrels
medium
Placental Mammals
medium
Squirrels
medium
Eastern Gray Squirrel
medium
White-tailed Deer
medium
Common Raccoon
medium
Fisher
medium
White-tailed Deer
medium
medium
Domestic Dog
medium
Woodrats
Observed nest.
medium
Owl pellets? Took a picture of trees above where they were foundGrey Partridge
Size 7 women's boot for scaleTypical Owls
Owl Pellet.Common Raven
Tracks in the snow at the edge of the ballfields near the Bronx Kill, a location where the resident ravens are often seen foraging and caching food. As pointed out to me by knowledgeable naturalists, proximity of the second and third toes is diagnostic for Corvus. Tracks too large for American or Fish Crows at slightly more than 4 inches in length, measured in comparison to a foot of known size
mediumOwls
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Typical Owls
Seems like the remains of an owl pellet. Bones from at least two species present. A winter bone pile Lying near a tree’s bottom Owl pellet, maybe
Great Horned Owl
medium
Typical Eagle-Owls and Horned Owls
medium
Owls
Owl pellet with some sort of rodent jaw in it. Likely from the CSUS great horned owl residents
Owls
Pellet with gopher bones.
Oiseaux
medium
Large owl pellet with rodent bones inside
medium
Wild Turkey
medium
Owls
medium
Burrowing Owl
Large burrow located. About 6 inches wide. Some whitewash present at entrance. No pellets observed.
Canada Goose
medium
Columba livia domestica
medium
Great horned owl pellet
Birds
medium
Wild Turkey
medium
Western Burrowing Owl
Adult flushed during aquatic surveys, multiple pellets and wash at burrow.
Greater Sage-Grouse
medium
Gray Partridge
Witnessed
Eastern Screech-Owl
medium
Greater Roadrunner
Tracks in dust at gap in fence.
Owls
MNWR ~ Owl Pellet
Waterfowl
medium
Gopher Tortoise
mediumFlorida Sand Skink
medium
Snakes
Track
Florida Sand Skink
medium
Florida Sand Skink
medium
Florida Sand Skink
medium
Gopher Tortoise
medium
True Toads
medium
True Toads
medium
Spotted Salamander
Egg mass. Asked on a CyberTracker certification. Question 27. Bonus. Evaluators: Marcus with Jonathan in training The spotted salamander is the only mole salamander found in this habitat in central Alabama.
Florida Sand Skink
medium
Frogs and Toads
tracks
Pacific Newts
More newt tracks in a puddle. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/339060915 Sorry I didn't do a better job on the photos of these ones. Now that I've figured out what they are I'll likely be seeing more of them.
Florida Sand Skink
medium
Florida Sand Skink
medium
Frogs and Toads
tracks
Frogs and Toads
tracks
Frogs and Toads
tracks
Frogs and Toads
tracks
Frogs and Toads
tracks
Frogs and Toads
tracks
American Alligator
medium
Pacific Newts
Tracks underwater in in the fine silt of a shallow mud puddle in the middle of the trail/road.
American Alligator
medium
Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard
medium
Frogs and Toads
tracks
Frogs and Toads
Frog tracks in sand. Closeups and views of entire trail. Small frog tracks
Placed out in open on dirt path. Common to see toads and newts on this road. Thinking toad but not sure. 1 1/8” long and 3/8” wide. Scat full of shiny insect carapaces
We have majority CA newts but occasional rough-skinned
We have majority CA newts but occasional rough-skinned
mediumOchre Sea Star
I think these don't really like crossing open sand, so don't leave tracks very often.
Cecropia Moth
medium
Vertebrates
medium
Vertebrates
Not sure what passed this pure fur
Alligator or raccoon
Vertebrates
medium
Vertebrates
medium
medium
Animals
Small tracks in snow
Vertebrates
medium
Gray Sanddragon
tracks
Bark and Ambrosia Beetles
Bark beetle galleries in log
Earthworms and Allies
tracks
Gray Sanddragon
tracks
Ceanothus Silk Moth
cocoon
Earthworms and Allies
Tracks and probe hole from a spotted sandpiper in earthworm casting. This observation for the earthworm casting.
Spiders
Strands of gossamer webbing
Earthworms and Allies
Muddy trail on a rock next to river
Arthropods
tracks
Earthworms and Allies
tracks
Earthworms and Allies
medium
Gray Sanddragon
tracks
Spiders
medium
Millipedes
scat under log
Glover's Silkmoth
medium
Vertebrates
Tracks in snow, seems likely to be a cat
Arthropods
tracks
Oysters and Allies
Shells from an old pile of shells that got bulldozed.
Arthropods
tracks