Identification Wildlife Signs

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Identification - Wildlife Signs
Baltimore Oriole
House Sparrow
Red Fox
Bear
Fisher
River Otter
Beaver
Gray Fox
Robin
Black-Capped Chickadee
Mallard
Ruffed Grouse
Bobcat
Mink
Gray Squirrel
Canada Goose
Muskrat
Starling
Cottontail Rabbit
Opossum
White-Tailed Deer
Coyote
Owl
Wild Turkey
Crow
Pheasant, Ring-Necked
Wood Duck
Eastern Bluebird
Woodchuck
Porcupine
Elk
Raccoon
Woodcock
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Baltimore Oriole
Baltimore Orioles build hanging nests made of
grass and tree bark. The nest is a pouch that
hangs from a fork in a tree branch. In each
clutch (a set of eggs laid at one time), females
lay 3-6 blue-white eggs with dark markings.
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Bear
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Bear Scat

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Bear Rubbing
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Beaver Tracks
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Beaver Gnawings
Beaver Skull
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Beaver Lodge
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Beaver Scat
Sawdust and wood splinters are evident in scat.
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Black-Capped Chickadee Nest
A cavity nester - Uses rotted trees, or bird
houses, only.
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Bobcat
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Canada Goose
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Cottontail Rabbit Tracks
Keeps the front feet in more of a line than the
paired print of the squirrel.
Skull
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Cottontail Rabbit Scat
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Coyote Tracks
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Coyote Scat
Filled with hair and are larger than the fox. It
is often pointed at the ends.
Skull
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Crow
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Eastern Bluebird Nest
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Elk
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Elk
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Elk Rubbings
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House Sparrow
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Fisher
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Gray Fox
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Gray Fox
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Mallard
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Mink
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Muskrat
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Muskrat Nest
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Muskrat Scat
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Opossum
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Owl Pellets
Top left - Little Owl, Bottom left - Tawny Owl,
Middle - Barn Owl, Right - Short-Eared Owl
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Pheasant, Ring-Necked
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Porcupine Den with Scat

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Porcupine Gnawings

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Raccoon
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Red Fox
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Red Fox Scat

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River Otter
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Robins Nest
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Ruffed Grouse
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Gray Squirrel
The front feet and hind feet stay together.
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Gray Squirrel Gnawings
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White-Tailed Deer
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White-Tailed Deer Rubbings
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White-Tailed Deer Scat
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Wild Turkey Nest
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Wild Turkey Scat
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Wood Duck Nest
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Woodchuck
Large heel pads
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Woodcock