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Subcuticular Mine in White Pine
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Subcuticular Mine in White Pine

Last Saturday I got to go out with a small crew and share some knowledge on track and sign. We saw some common species throughout the day and it was fun and exciting, but as we were walking through a White Pine plantation I noticed a small pale brown line on the tree just about 170 cm (roughly 5.5 ft) up on the trunk.

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White-tailed Deer feeding sign at Kinghurst
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White-tailed Deer feeding sign at Kinghurst

Recently, at a TCNA “tracker tuesday” call, there was a challenge proposed: on your next tracking outing, practice following the deer or the rabbits and see if you can find 10 plants which they fed on. For me in my area, the deer would be White-tailed Deer and the rabbits would be Eastern Cottontails. While I have been observing the Cottontails loosely at work with my students, for this tracking outing with the Earth Tracks Wildlife Tracking Apprenticeship, we focused on the White-tails.

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