Animals in the Wild 



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FOOTPRINTS IN FIELDS AND NEAR STREAMS 



Tracks are best seen after a light fall of snow, or on dry/ flat ground if the animal's 

 feet were wet. At the far left of the drawing are footprints of a cottontail rabbit. 

 Next to them you see the imprint made by a bounding gray squirrel. Next is the 

 track of a field mouse, and at the far right is the trail left by a beaver. It !s dis- 

 tinguished by the webbed hind feet and the mark made by the broad dragging tail. 



TRACKS TELL A STORY 



Tracks can reveal exciting incidents, such as a fox over- 

 taking a rabbit, or a weasel pouncing on a squirrel or they may 



