Squirrel Tracks in the Snow

Squirrel Tracks by OakleyOriginals

What could be more fun on a winter morning than finding animal footprints in the snow? Here’s some help with identifying tracks – outdoor nature fun for the kid in you.

Who Made That Track?

Pictured here are some squirrel tracks in the snow, but, unless you saw Sammy Squirrel make them, how would you know who made those cute little tracks?

You Can Learn Tracking

Here’s a handy dandy down-loadable guide to animal tracks from the Outdoor Action folks at Princeton. Print off, laminate, offer it to your kids, pack it in your pocket. Head out for a hike, or just be a nature detective when you’re making snowmen in your own nature garden.

More Animal Footprint Fun

You might need to know which animals are local to you. Use the E-Nature Zip Guide to get a list of native animals for your area. Once you’ve studied your tracking cards try the Tracking Game at Northwest Woodman. The tracks are realistic and shown in mud so they’re good practice – mud tracks can be found all year but they are harder to identify.

Do you like to play in the snow? Have you seen any animal tracks in your nature garden?

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