Tracking wildlife through the places they live is a great way to learn more about what types of food they like, what types of cover they use for shelter and how big of an area they live in.   Now that it’s winter, tracking becomes much easier in the fresh snow and is something you can do with your friends and family.  After a fresh snow get a group together and get outside and look for tracks.  Make a list of the types of animals each finds and see who can identify the highest number of different species; or have everyone follow the tracks of the same species and find out what they ate that day and where they went for shelter.  Remember it’s always a good idea to back track animals so you don’t disturb them during winter and cause more stress than mother nature is already putting on them.  What species of animal tracks can you identify?

What story does this photo tell? Can you identify the tracks in the snow?