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Meadow Vole Tracks
Here are some PEI wildlife tracks that I’m seeing more often this winter due to the lack of snow and ice: Meadow Vole (Microtus...
katemacquarrie22
Mar 5, 20232 min read
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Permian to Present 10: Otters!
Today you get two posts in one! My winter series ‘Permian to Present’ and ‘Wildlife Tracks & Sign’ intersect to tell the story of River...
katemacquarrie22
Jan 25, 20232 min read
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Canine Gaits
Wildlife tracks can tell you not only who’s been around, but also what they’ve been up to. In my last PEI tracking post, I gave you some...
katemacquarrie22
Jan 15, 20233 min read
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Freshwater Mussels
Happy New Year and welcome back to my PEI wildlife track and sign series! Let’s start the year with a group of Island animals you may...
katemacquarrie22
Jan 2, 20232 min read
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Red Squirrels: Caching Mushrooms
Many Islanders preserve fresh food for winter, but this seasonal task isn’t unique to humans. Our neighbours of other species do the same...
katemacquarrie22
Dec 28, 20222 min read
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Tracks and Sign: Great Blue Heron
When you think about reading PEI wildlife tracks and sign, it’s likely that mammals such as Foxes, Coyotes, Raccoons and Skunks are the...
katemacquarrie22
Dec 26, 20222 min read
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Post-Fiona: Wildlife
Many of you have asked me about the effects of September's Hurricane Fiona on PEI’s wildlife. Like most things in nature there is no...
katemacquarrie22
Dec 25, 20222 min read
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Tracks and Sign: Masked vs Short-tailed Shrew
Shrews are the smallest of PEI’s mammals, but what they lack in size they make up for in attitude! We have four species on the Island,...
katemacquarrie22
Dec 25, 20222 min read
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Tracks and Sign: Masked Shrew
I was recently at the right place and time to find these lovely tracks from one of the Island’s smallest mammals: a Masked Shrew (Sorex...
katemacquarrie22
Dec 25, 20222 min read
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