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Ep. 281 : Red-winged Blackbird Nest in Algonquin Park
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Ep. 281 : Red-winged Blackbird Nest in Algonquin Park

On a very cold day in February, a fellow tracker and I came across a nest. I took out my phone and quickly took some measurements and moved on. It wasn’t too long, as it was -30°C and my hands we’re screaming at me, but this little discovery started itching my memory of the day and pestering me to figure out who it was.
This is the story of that discovery.

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Ep. 277 : Signs of the White-tailed Deer Rut

Ep. 277 : Signs of the White-tailed Deer Rut

While tracking White-tailed Deer at Mono Cliffs with the Earth Tracks apprenticeship, we saw lots of signs of the rut and the subtle ways deer communicate. We studied three main signs: scrapes, rubs and lick branches. Together, these clues form a multisensory language of scent, sight, and even ultraviolet signals that share details of identity, territory, and mating readiness. These clues along the trail are a real insight into how deer express themselves across the landscape in ways most of us overlook.

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