Coyote stalking Rabbit, Jan 2013I love finding scats and tracks in the wild! It is always so exciting to know you are walking among wildlife. Here are just a few I have found during my time working in the field. These tracks are all dated but are in no particular order.
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- Coyote stalking Rabbit, Jan 2013
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- Coyotes on Dirt Road, Jan 2013
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- Raccoon Tracks in Desert Arroyo, Aug 2012
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- Raccoon Tracks in Desert Arroyo, Aug 2012
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- Coyote and Beetle tracks on Dirt Road, Jan 2013
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- Coyote and rabbit, tracks following the road… Jan 2013
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- Mountain Lion Double Track, Gila Wilderness, May 2013
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- Raccoon on the Gila, May 2013
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- Mountain Lion Track, Gila Wilderness, May 2013
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- Single Coyote Track, Jan 2013
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- Coyote with Beetle tracks on Dirt Road, Jan 2013
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- … Jan 2013
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- Coyote Tracks with ruler, Jan 2013
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- Single Coyote track with ruler, Jan 2013
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- Black Bear Tracks, May 2013
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- Raccoon along Gila River, May 2013
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- Coyote tracks following the road… Jan 2013
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- Black Bear Tracks, May 2013Deep impressions in the muddy banks of the Gila
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- Raccoon in Arroyo, July 2013
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- Found along Gila River, May 2013
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- Black Bear Tracks, May 2013 I followed these bear tracks along the Gila River
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- Raccoon Tracks, July 2013
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- Along Gila River, May 2013
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- Raccoon in Arroyo, July 2013
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- Raccoon tracks, July 2013
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- FMSP – April 2015
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- FMSP – Gray Fox Scat, April, 2015
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- Cat, bobcat possibly, April 2015
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- April 2015
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- FMSP – April 2015
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- FMSP – April 2015
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- FMSP – Gray Fox Scat, April, 2015
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- Raccoon tracks, July 2013
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- Franklins – April 2015
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- Raccoon tracks, July 2013
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- Raccoon Tracks, June 2015 – Sugarite Canyon State Park, NM
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- Possible Bobcat, June 2015
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- Franklin Mountains, April 2015
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- Possible Bobcat, June 2015 – Item for comparison exactly 3 inches
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- Mountain Lion, June 2015 – Sugarite Canyon State Park, NM
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- Possible Bobcat, June 2015
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- Franklins – April 2015
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- Black Bear Track, June 2015 – Sugarite Canyon State Park, NM
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- Franklins – April 2015
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- Mountain Lion-looking, but Dog, June 2015 – Sugarite Canyon State Park, NM
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- Raccoon Tracks, June 2015 – Sugarite Canyon State Park, NM
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- Black Bear Track, June 2015 – Sugarite Canyon State Park, NM
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- Mountain Lion/Big dog?, June 2015 – Sugarite Canyon State Park, NM
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- White Sands Track, Possibly dog, June 2015
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- FMSP, unknown, 2015
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- Cat Track, June 2015 Sugarite Canyon State Park, NM
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- FMSP, unknown, 2015
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- FMSP, unknown, 2015
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- Track in Arroyo, July 2015 – Found just after a light rain, Santa Fe, NM
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- White Sands Track, Possibly dog, June 2015
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- White Sands Track, Possibly dog/kit fox, June 2015
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- White Sands Track, Possibly dog, June 2015
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- Track, FMSP, 2015
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- Coyote Scat, IMRS – Sept 2012
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- Track, FMSP, 2015
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- Coyote and Fox scats are a usual find. This looks like Coyote Scat, IMRS – 2012
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- Bird Tracks, about an 1-1/2″ Long fourth backtoe. IMRS Dec 2012
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- Bird Tracks, about an 1-1/2″ Ruled out Scaled Quail since they do not have a long fourth backtoe. IMRS Dec 2012
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- When you spend a lot of time in the field, you become familiar with certain smells. Peccaries have a peculiar scent. IMRS – Sept 2012
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- Track, FMSP, 205
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- Fresh Peccary Urine, Peccaries (improperly called wild pigs/boars) often urinate/defecate on the boundaries of their territories. IMRS – Sept 2012
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- Multi-tracks, FMSP, 2015
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- Bobcat tracks, near an ephemeral pond, distorted in mud, IMRS – June 2013
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- Here it is! These tracks reveal two bobcats traveling together! IMRS – Jan 2013
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- Wild Turkey, New Mexico, Mar 2015
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- I love the story that these tracks told. This remains my favorite track find! IMRS – Jan 2013
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- Bobcat, sand distortion, IMRS – Jan 2013
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- Wild Turkey, New Mexico, Mar 2015
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- Bobcat tracks, near an ephemeral pond, IMRS – June 2013
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- Here’s another! IMRS – Jan 2013
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- This was an exciting find. These tracks lead to one of my favorite track finds! IMRS – Jan 2013
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- More Bobcat tracks, distorted in sand, IMRS – Jan 2013
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- Tracks aren’t the only signs I find. IMRS Mar 2013
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- Deer vertebrae with head and leg. IMRS Mar 2013
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- Cat tracks. IMRS Mar 2013
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- These coyote tracks were found in mud near an ephemeral pooling area. IMRS July 2012
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- Here are another set of cat tracks on a different occasion. IMRS Mar 2013
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- I find animals kills as well! This deer was found in an arroyo around the same time my trail camera’s captured several coyote. IMRS Mar 2013
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- Gray Fox scat, see the Screw Bean Mesquite seed pods? Mesquite seeds are sweet and have a lot of protein. IMRS Sept 2012
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