What’s going on out on the land?
Highlights of Tracking in the Boyne Valley
I have been thinking a lot this Winter about how amazing it is that all of the various species we track can survive such apparent hardships of freezing temperatures, labourious snow depths, and drastically reduced vegetal forage. It’s like turning off the heat in your house, wading through 60 - 90 odd cm (2 - 3 ft) carpet pile, while constantly engaging all your senses to find the perpetually vigilant and furtive refrigerator. Tough times indeed.
Jumping Mouse Tracks vs. Vole Tracks
It seems differentiating between Jumping Mice and Voles in my area is a persistent struggle. I have confused them on study calls and most recently on another TCNA Track and Sign evaluation (earning me 99% instead of 100%). With this latest affront to my pride I decided I needed to work through the tracks with more focus and practice seeing the minute differences of these minuscule tracks.