[NatureNS] Looking for Track Identification Help

Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 15:17:44 -0400
From: Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca>
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James, all others;
   recently I've done quite a bit of hiking in the Long Lake/Herbert River area of Hants County. Much of it has been clearcut in the last 15-20 years, and the place is full of young hardwoods. 
   One day I've seen five porcupines, a fair number for a day. All the tree trunks here were too narrow to hide the furry/spiney bundles, so the porcupines were easily visible. Porcupine tracks were among the most common mammal tracks seen.  
    Perhaps there is a bit of an observer bias here. The porcupine population appeared to be healthy at this place. A fisher heaven...
   Dusan Soudek


---- james simpson <desolatechair@gmail.com> wrote: 
> Followup observation..
> 
> Fishers are specialists at preying on Porcupines.  There is evidence that
> the Fisher population is recovering over much of its range.  Locally (and
> anecdotally) I have the impression the Porcupine population is down in the
> last few years.  I certainly see much less Porcupine roadkill.
> 
> Logically the two are not unrelated but I'm wondering if anyone is aware of
> any evidence or has observations on status of the relative populations of
> Fishers and Porcupines in NS?
> 
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Annabelle Thiebaux <hamst@xplornet.com>wrote:
> 
> > me too!
> >
> >
> > On 06/03/12 12:17 PM, cjknndy@mta.ca wrote:
> >
> >> Once it has been determined what the tracks were, please share with the
> >> rest of
> >> us. I, for one, am curious. :)
> >>
> >> Chris Kennedy in Hali
> >>
> >> Quoting Paul MacDonald<paulrita2001@yahoo.**com <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>
> >> >:
> >>
> >>  Hi Jamie
> >>> send them along to
> >>> paulrita2001 at yahoo dot com
> >>> and maybe we can figure them out.
> >>> Paul
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ______________________________**__
> >>>  From: "desolatechair@gmail.com"<deso**latechair@gmail.com<desolatechair@gmail.com>
> >>> >
> >>> To: ">"<naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 10:57:58 AM
> >>> Subject: [NatureNS] Looking for Track Identification Help
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi
> >>>
> >>> I have some photos of some tracks I came across in snow last week in
> >>> woods in
> >>> Hants County.  They are in pairs, about 2' apart.  The prints are
> >>> roundish,
> >>> about 2" diameter, 5 toed, no claws visible.
> >>>
> >>> I believe they are some type of cat but not sure - they seem small for a
> >>> bobcat but too far apart for a domestic cat.  At one point where the
> >>> trail
> >>> crossed a logging road the animal must have broken into a lope because
> >>> all
> >>> four feet were landing in the same spot and the landing points were 4'
> >>> apart.
> >>>
> >>> Any thoughts?  Haven't been able to find any good NS references online
> >>> yet.
> >>> Can email photos if interested let me know offline.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>> Jamie
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>

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