Western Pond Turtle Trail
Local tracker Kim Cabrera shows us how to identify turtle tracks. Cabrera writes:
In this video, I show how to identify turtle tracks. I was walking along the South Fork Eel River and saw a flattening in the soil. Further investigation led to the conclusion that I was looking at the trail of a western pond turtle, the only native turtle species in this area. In the video, I show the trail and identify characteristics that help differentiate it from other possible animal trails found along the river. Enjoy!
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Considering their dependency on water, and their limited range, it makes me wonder how many individual subspecies there were before the complete and total devastation that occurred during the early days of old growth logging, when the creeks were turned into skid roads, and entire watersheds were burned off afterwards.
It’s pretty amazing that anything survived, but considering the biodiversity found in other primeval forests, does it not stand to reason that the wild plants and animals that we have now represent but a tiny fraction of what was here before the apocalypse?
Were has the water dog gone?
Children’s pockets everywhere.
When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn……
As usual, Kim Cabrera’s expositions are interesting and fun. The video quality was not so good but with her explanations of what was to be seen, I feel as if I have had a world opened to me. Thanks.
Kim is amazing!
Turtle tracks! Now how cool is THAT, people? Really?! How f@#cking cool is THAT?!!! Pretty damn cool! Reminds me of the carpet in our hallway when I was trying to get the hall bathroom painted! Thanks for the cool vid, Kim!!!
Thank you. I enjoy the videos with the explanations.. keep sharing..