by
Jacky

Today's Date: June 12, 2004
What's the Weather Like? warm, humid, some clouds

Draw the tracks you find in the space below:

front	hind

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name of the animal: Deer

Facts about the animal:
A tan or reddish-brown in the summer and greyish-brown in the winter, the belly, throat, nose band, eye ring and insides of the ears are white. There are black spots on the sides of the chin. The antlers have individual tines that grow upward from each of the main beams.
Deer are browsers rather than grazers and feed on a variety of vegetation including green plants, nuts and corn, and trees and twigs. Although the deer is a good swimmer and runner (reaching speeds of 35 mph) it falls prey to a number of animals including the cougar, domestic dog, wolf, coyote, lynx, bobcat and bear. Once this species was almost exterminated but it is now more abundant than ever.
I saw it several times here in Germany.

Trails:
The shape of the deer track varies somewhat with the type of ground on which the animal lives. On soft soil, as in some woodlands, the toes are likely to be relatively more pointed. On hard, rocky ground the hoofs are worn enough to produce blunt tips. Generally the length of an adult deer track is between 2 3/8 and 3 1/4 inches long. Tracks left by fawns are generally 1 3/8 inches long.

Photo of the animal:

 

BACK