Pine Marten Spoor

pine martenDaphne and I just returned from a wee four mile hike through the forest to recover some rope I had left at a tree. Got some great photos of early winter ice at the Hollow Falls and came across some nice tracks and spoor. Most noteworthy would not be photographic to anybody but a fellow tracker, but I found pine marten droppings on a rock which the local coyote pack often use to mark their territory. In fact, coyote droppings were right beside it and the marten paid them no heed. The pine marten left its droppings right on top of the rocks, claiming the area for all weasel kind.

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