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     K Tracks Near The Woods . . . \ 
     
    
   
   
    
     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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     piles of 
     
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     middens, 
     
    
   
   
    
              
     
    
   
   
    
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     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 
     
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     4-10 cm, Q9 p w ; cone seeds. Squirrel 
     
     tracks are often seen going from one 
     
    
   
   
    
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     ground is a sign that snow was ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
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     once deeper, which allowed the  
     
    
   
   
    
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     hare to reach twigs higher up.   9  % W  
     
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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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