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SNOWSH GREAT HORN ED OWL WEASEL

The weasel is brown in the _ summer but turns white in the winter. These small _ K animals often make short tunnels in the

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Look for wing marks and tail marks in the snow, show- ing where a hawk or owl has landed or taken off.

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Look for

piles of l chewed "2 cones, called middens,

“If-:3" ‘ .~ o,,,_v3 Ice spend much of the winter under the snow where they are hidden

showing where a BROWSE from their enemies.

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squirrel has been ‘59-" lcm

l feeding on pine 4-10 cm, Q9 p w ; cone seeds. Squirrel tracks are often seen going from one

. ’ t a.“ 9 tree to another. arr fi.v__‘__j <— 1. ground is a sign that snow was ‘

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Q . hare to reach twigs higher up. 9 % W k GROUSE a”

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Hare browse looks like some-

one cut the twig off with scissors. Browse 1 meter or more off the

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