Ep. 280 : Holiday Tracking Stories

<p>It’s always nice to have a few days off during this time of year. While a lot of folks are busy with family, or having cozy times at home, I can wander through the snowy woods looking for the signs and tracks of all the other animals who we share the land with. </p><p>For today’s show I am just telling some stories of some of the trails I have been on over the past week, detailing some of what I have been observing and learning. Fondling icy Coyote tracks, to learning about a new species of Poison Ivy (new to me), to finding a flayed Cottontail carcass, it’s been a ton of fun this past week. </p><p>Hope you enjoy!</p><p><strong>To learn more : </strong><em>Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests</em> by Casey McFarland, Matt Monjello, and David Moskowitz. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.<br><a href="https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/shrub/western-poison-ivy" target="_blank">Minnesota Wildflowers entry on Western Poison Ivy (<em>Toxicodendron rydbergii)</em></a><em></em><a href="https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/shrub/eastern-poison-ivy" target="_blank">Minnesota Wildflowers entry on Eastern Poison Ivy (<em>Toxicodendron radicans)</em></a><br><em>Field Manual of Michigan Flora </em>by Edward G. Voss &amp; Anton A. Reznicek. University of Michigan Press, 2012.<em>The Nature of Oaks </em>by Douglas W. Tallamy. Timber Press, 2021.<br><em>American Wildlife Plants: A Guide to Wildlife Food Habits</em> by Arthur C. Martin, et al. Dover, 1951.<br><em>The Deer of North America </em>by Leonard Lee Rue III. Lyons Press, 1997.<br><a href="https://fwf.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2020/07/Acorns-Deer-Management.pdf" target="_blank"><em>Acorns and Deer Management</em> article by Dr. Craig Harper and Jarred Brooke</a> (pdf)</p>