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Boyne Valley Tracking Journal, 11.12.2021

Boyne Valley Tracking Journal, 11.12.2021

Once the two of our crew had returned from bringing a car to the next road over, we began our journey through the Boyne Valley, North of Orangeville. I had been there before. The last time was 2019 with my second year of the apprenticeship. It was a great place for trailing White Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and was the first place I had ever seen Northern River Otter (Lontra canadensis) tracks. I was stoked to be back.

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Tracking Cooper’s Hawks along the Etobicoke Creek

Tracking Cooper’s Hawks along the Etobicoke Creek

I was exploring the northwestern end of the Etobicoke Creek trail on July 14th when I made my way into an Eastern White Pine plantation edging a creekside forest on the other side of the trail I was on. Near the opening of the trail I found a Robin carcass missing the head.

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