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squirrel tracks
Squirrel Track
Type: Animal Track
Habitat Description: Forest / River
Natural History: Lampson Falls is one of the most popular waterfalls in St. Lawrence county. The falls are an impressive 40 feet tall and 100 feet wide. At the bottom of the falls a small beach has formed. The photo of the animal tracks were taken down the trail towards the falls after a fresh snow.
Interest: I was drawn to this image because the clarity of the tracks in the light versus other animals tracks spotted on the walk down to the falls.
Overpopulation of Squirrels
Behind Brown Hall on St. Lawrence campus squirrels were running around in the snow scavenging for food. What is interesting, is not the squirrel, but the fact that it was looking for food is sub-zero-degree weather. St. Lawrence campus is heavily populated by squirrels begs the question: is there an over population of squirrels? Making food scarce thus forcing them to scavenge around areas far from trees and possible homes. Yes, with the amount of squirrels living in such a confined area it makes sense that food would be much harder to find with the population at hand.