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The Minnesota Wildlife Tracking Project hosted a Practice Assessment the weekend of March 28-29, led by our local Track & Sign Professionals and Specialists. Eleven people from Minnesota participated in this CyberTracker style "mock evaluation" at sites around Crosby Farm Regional Park and Fort Snelling State Park, including three folks new to the certification process. Participants answered 56 questions covering 14 species of mammals and 8 species of birds. Highlights included the track of a bald eagle, the cough pellet of a ring-billed gull, incisor marks of squirrels tapping red maple for sap, and a pristine raccoon skull.
Special congratulations go to:
Keller Karlstrom, who scored in the mid-80s after attending just 8 monthly Tracking Club gatherings.
Adrian Iacovino, who rocked a 99, showing once again how on-track he is for Track & Sign Professional.
Kirsten Welge, fresh off her Professional certification in New Mexico, who once again ran the table on a MWTP Practice Assessment -- getting all standard and bonus questions correct for a perfect score.
A huge thanks to everyone who participated in the weekend. If you want to get in on the fun, applications are still open for our next practice assessment of the year, June 27-28.
Click here to learn more and apply.
A beaver bank den, with two pellets of beaver scat (Q40) placed in front of the log in the foreground. (Note: scat was removed from water for easier viewing by participants.)
Allison and Jon closely examine the dig of a beaver (Q51).
The tracks of a coyote in Crosby Farm Regional Park. (Q22)
The dainty right hind track of a mink. (Q27 & Q28)
Jonathan Poppele leads the whole crew in debriefing a question amid the landscape of the beaver-pocalyse.
A bald eagle track on Snelling Beach (Q47).
The intact cough pellet of a ring-billed gull, found on the beach. (Q46 - Bonus)
Maria Wesserle debriefs questions along Snelling Beach.
The walking trail of a common muskrat. (Q19)
Allison pulled this pristine raccoon skull from the riverside muck. (Q42)
The crew debriefs mink tracks along the creekside.
Sweet sap flows freely from the nicks made by a squirrel tapping this red maple. (Q38)
A deposit of muskrat scat along the shoreline. (Q49)
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