A great activity for nature lovers is to look for animal tracks and sign after it snows. Not only will searching for tracks in the snow tell you what critters are in the area, you can also learn about their behavior. Best of all, it is free to do and requires little more than a good guidebook to animal tracks. Join me as I walk our farm and point out tracks and other animal sign along with some cool plants and natural phenomenon. Be sure to watch all the way through for some cool avian bonus footage!
Let us know in the comments about your cool nature discoveries in the snow!
Links to some good animal track guides:
Animal Tracks: A Folding Pocket Guide to the Tracks & Signs of Familiar North American Species
Pocket Guide – Animal Tracks- Andy Diamond – Ron Cordes
Peterson Field Guide to Animal Tracks: Third Edition
Scats and Tracks of the Southeast: A Field Guide to the Signs of 70 Wildlife Species
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Links to videos mentioned in the video:
Spring Hole Trail Cam – 18 Species Critter Parade
https://youtu.be/JAvdIlynBFU
Foxes At the Duck Pens – Trail Camera Compilation
https://youtu.be/SwgV9m9tzbU
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What cool nature discoveries have you made in the snow? Please let us know! To learn about some woody invasive plants that you can easily find in the winter check out this video: https://youtu.be/21qul5bQMzo
Love this video, and great timing. I just saw some rabbit tracks out in my garden this morning, and this video confirmed it. You have a beautiful property there. Thanks for sharing! Greetings from east Tennessee. 😄
Hey VRA Fam, great job. I really enjoyed this and I look forward to more videos.