Wildlife Tracking Intensive Series
Sat, Sep 14
|Tamworth
We will dive deep into foot morphology, gaits, habitat, scat, and sign. After this class you should feel confident identifying species, following trails, understanding animal alarm communication, and be able to anticipate where animals are on the landscape. Second Saturdays of the month- 10 sessions
Time & Location
Sep 14, 2024, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Tamworth, Tamworth, NH, USA
Guests
About the event
Wildlife Tracking Intensive Series
Instructor: Kyle Ball
10 sessions- second saturdays of the month,
8am-4pm with ~25% classroom time 75% field time
Location: Tamworth, NH
Tentitive Schedule and Themes
Sept 14
Theme: Tracking Basics, Foot Morphology. Families of the Week: Cats and Dogs. Additional theme: Tracking and Mindfulness.
Oct 12
Theme: Gaits. Family of the Week: Squirrels. Additional Theme: Lacks and Larders.
Nov 9
Theme: Trailing and Aging. Family of interest: Deer and Moose. Additional Topics: Stealth, Awareness, Ambush, Camouflage, and Exits.
Dec 14
Theme: Sign on vegetation. Family of interest: Large Rodents. Additional Topics: Structures, Nests, Drays, Dens, Beds, and Lays.
Jan 11
Theme: Scat. Family of interest: Small Rodents. Additional Topics: Winter Ecology and subnivean.
Feb 8
Theme: High Elevation Tracking. Family of interest: Weasels. Additional Topics: Winter snow depth, winter adaptations.
March 8
Theme: Digs, Holes, Tunnels, Scrapes. Family of interest: Shrews and Moles. Additional Topics: Reproduction.
April 12
Theme: Habitat prediction. Family of interest: Bears, Raccoons, Skunks, Opossums. Additional Topics: Torpor, Hibernation, Brumation, Cryptobiosis, Diapause, and Estivation.
~Late April Exact date is unknown, depends on weather conditions for Big night. First night where the weather conditions over 50 deg F and raining.
5pm-10pm with ~50% classroom time 50% field time Theme: Big Night Group of interest: Amphibians
May 10
Theme: Bird Language and Animal Alarms/Communication. Group of interest: Birds. Additional Topics: Bird Tracks.