🐼🦩4.27 BirdWatching Society: How do we tell whose Footprint It is?

Written By Hetong Zhou

Day two in the mountains. Tracking again. For mammals, we identify them by looking at the distance between their three toes. The one we found today was pretty wide—most likely a tufted deer. Next to it were chicken tracks; chicken prints are easy to recognize. In the snow, most likely a blood pheasant. We saw them on our way to the top of the mountain too.

Tufted Deer (The footprints aren’t rly fresh though)

Blood Pheasant

Hetong Zhou
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