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Quiz #46 - Answer
by Walter Muma |
The answer is ... Black-capped Chickadee!
No, not a
miniature deer :)
This track, or rather, this mark, was made
by a black-capped chickadee as it squatted on the snow.
I was in
Algonquin Park in Ontario in February. I like to hang out at a place
known for the number of birds that also hang out there. I saw this
chickadee land quite close to me and it just sat there for a while.
When it took off, I was amazed to see the shape of the "track" it
left behind, resembling a miniature deer track.
I made this
into a quiz primarily to show how unusual marks can be that are made
by animals and their activities. In this case, the size should've
told you right away that it wasn't a deer track. But aside from
that, this serves to illustrate how easily one can be fooled by
marks (tracks). |
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