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Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Growing on the banks of the Eramosa River.
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Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Curious shape to these photos, but I can't think what else it could be.
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Perching Birds (Order Passeriformes)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Wing pattern underneath a group of house sparrows in a bush (car park of a supermarket).
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North American Deer Mice (Genus Peromyscus)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Tracks on my porch. The mouse was after the seeds that fell from my bird feeder.
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Coyote (Canis latrans)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Tracks of a male and female? Trail had all the characteristics of coyote: e.g. tracks in a straight line and no human footprints (it was early morning).
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North American Deer Mice (Genus Peromyscus)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Tracks on a thin layer of soft snow inside my garage.
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Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)Observer
mgarvieDescription
First track a fair distance away from the nearest tree. Does the unusual pattern of tracks distinguish it from the Grey Squirrel?
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Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Tracks led to wing pattern in snow showing where the bird took off.
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North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Scat.
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North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Tracks in deep snow with clear drag marks.
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Primates, Rodents, and Allies (Superorder Euarchontoglires)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Either the Masked or Smoky Shrew, which are both in our area. The only other shrew we have is the Northern Short-Tailed Shrew. The tracks were in an exposed area. The snow was deep and the temp about -16 C.
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Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Tracks in deep snow crossing a frozen pond.
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Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Tracks in deep snow.
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Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Tracks in deep snow.
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Primates, Rodents, and Allies (Superorder Euarchontoglires)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Either the Masked or Smoky Shrew, which are both in our area. The only other shrew we have is the Northern Short-Tailed Shrew. The tracks were in a sheltered area. The snow was deep and the temp about -16 C.
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North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Tracks in deep snow in a forest near a pond. Late afternoon. Temperature -16 C.
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Northern Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda)Observer
mgarvieDescription
We have been seeing piles of snail shells pushed up out of small holes. None of the snails have holes in them. So it is a mystery as to what is pushing the shells out of a burrow in Winter.
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Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Clear kill site. I followed the blood trail to the kill site. Drag marks of a rabbit? easy to see. The coyote tracks here are much larger, so assume it must a Red Fox (the only fox we have here).
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Short-tailed Weasel (Mustela richardsonii)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Tracks on the edge of a forest.
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Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Clear set of tracks on sandy soil. The dog was doing a side-trot. The first 2 photos are of a hind track, the next two are of a front track.
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Earthworms and Allies (Subclass Oligochaeta)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Tracks in the mud of a new bulldozed road in the south end of Guelph.
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White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Tracks in the mud of a new bulldozed road in the south end of Guelph.
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Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Tracks in the mud of a new bulldozed road in the south end of Guelph. On a previous visit I saw Killdeer on the same road. You can see the toe ridges in a couple of tracks and claws.
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Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Tracks in the mud of a new bulldozed road in the south end of Guelph. On a previous visit I saw a Striped Skunk in the same area.
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Sandpipers and Allies (Family Scolopacidae)Observer
mgarvieDescription
Tracks in the fine silt of the wetlands (Sandpiper?).
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Knapweed Root Wevil (Cyphocleonus achates)Observer
mgarvieDescription
This insect crawled across the path at the Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre.