Photos from the last two weeks of Eyes of the Forest. Enjoy!
A beautiful track photo by Chris Landry. Who made this track? Front or hind foot? How about left or right?
Joshua under a very unusual tree to find in the pine barrens. What is this tree? What does its presence indicate?
And, finally, it must be Santa. What is that on Chris’s face? What conditions does it indicate?
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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- OK, I’ll bite.
I think I’m looking at something left by a coyote here, in sand, rather than concrete, judging by the slight toe splay. I’m going to guess it’s from the left side of the animal, on account of the toes lean slightly to the right, and there’s what looks like a bit of pillowing on the right side of the right-hand top toe, which either indicates that she was reorienting slightly to the left, or that the print came from a left-hand limb, leaning slightly to proximal to carry the weight of a belly. Also, the two left toes are slightly larger, which I’ve heard is somewhat of a clue as to which side of the body it’s from. Last, I guess that this is from a rear foot, as the pad seems only lightly indented, without the weight of the head and shoulders, and the track is unmarred by another on top of it, which means that if this is indeed a rear track, this fellow was moving forwards, and was not obsessively followed. Or you’ve photoshopped the picture beyond recognition, and I’m actually looking at a woodpecker.
Am I looking at a sycamore here? I see a pond (or a road) here, some alders or aspens or whatever the hell kind of white-peely-barked deciduous tree you’ve got loitering around, and what looks like a wild grape vine. It rains here regularly. This is not Most Of Australia. Also, gauging by the reflective quality of the bark and it’s positioning behind, rather than in front of, the juvenile pines, I can tell that this tree was photographed. Other than the water that I assume is abundant here, what does this tree indicate in your home range? Less acidic soil?
My knowledge of Eastern seedpods has greatly decayed, but might you be expecting some monarch butterflies next summer?
I very much doubt I got these right, but it was vastly entertaining to try to figure them out. Keep posting these mysteries- they keep me on my toes!
OK.
- Ben
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