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Point Reyes CA Track & Sign Certification 5/25/2025

Published on May 30, 2025 under Certifications

On May 24-25, 2025, UC Berkeley hosted a Track & Sign Certification in Point Reyes National Seashore, California. 

Despite some windy conditions, the tracking was excellent. We found some muddy banks  along Drakes Estero with beautiful tracks of mole, otter, coyote, and some really cool cough pellets of multiple bird species (thanks Jack Harrison for locating this spot!). We then went to Muddy Hollow and saw sign of elk, gray fox, and even found some bat guano. On Sunday, we went to Abbotts Lagoon, a well known local tracking spot, where we saw beautiful otter tracks and sign and amazing owl tracks in the dunes. All told, we saw the tracks of 22 species, including 14 mammals, 5 birds, and 3 herps. See the photos below.

Huge thanks to Alan Shabel for organizing and Erica Harris and Oscar Lagna for clip-boarding.

  • Cow Scat

  • Coyote Trot

  • Crab Tracks

  • unnamed-file

  • Owl Tracks

  • Killdeer Tracks

  • Raccoon Tracks

  • Mule Deer Front Dewclaw

  • Mule Deer Front Dewclaw

  • Otter Tracks

  • Cottontail Tracks

  • Bobcat Track

  • 2

  • Otter Latrine

  • Otter Tracks

  • Elk Tracks

  • Quail Scat

  • Raccoon Latrine

  • Raccoon Latrine

  • Deer Browse

  • Deer Scat

  • Cough Pellet (Raven)

  • Cough Pellets

  • Elk Rubs

  • Woodrat Nest

  • Sapsucker Sign

  • Horse Track

  • Gray Fox Scat

  • Pileated Woodpecker Sign

  • Gray Fox

  • Elk Trail

  • Elk Bed

  • Striped Skunk Tracks

  • Otter Scent Marking

  • Great Blue Heron Scat

  • Otter Roll

  • Female Human Urine Mark

  • Great Blue Heron Tracks

  • Raccoon Tracks

  • 3

  • Frog Tracks

  • Owl Tracks

  • Jackrabbit Scat and Urine

  • 4

  • Group Photo

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