Level: 2
Requirements
- Know ten kinds of tracks including two kinds of bird tracks. Make plaster casts of five.
- Name at least three things that tracks tell us.
- Trail some animal tracks, identify the animal if possible; tell whether it was running or walking. Measure between the tracks of one animal when running and walking.
- Maintain a tracking station for at least three days.
- Select a flat open space in some quiet place near your camp or home.
- Smooth out ground, mud, sand, etc.
- Place food out for wildlife.
- Check each day for tracks and replenish food when necessary.
- Name two animals for each tracking group.
- Flatfoots
- Toe walkers
- Toenail walkers
- Bounders or long hindleggers
- Name four signs of the presence of mammals.
- Distinguish between rabbit and squirrel tracks and between dog and cat family tracks.
- Name two groups of animals (mammals, birds, insects, etc.) that leave scent trails that another of their kind can follow.
- Name two birds for each type of track:
- Hopping
- Walking
- Besides tracks, give two other signs of the presence of birds.
- Name two birds identified by their flying patterns.
- In your area, observe tracks or trail of one or more of the following:
- Toad or frog
- Snake
- Turtle
- Mollusk
- Earthworm
- Mole
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