We are pleased to announce the winner of our Monday Nature Mystery, Kim Scudera. Please email your snail mail address and preference for a hat or tote bag to [email protected].
Congratulations to Kim for correctly identifying these Eastern Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) tracks. According to the National Wildlife Federation blog, squirrels have an incredible sense of smell. They can find buried food under a foot of snow! Squirrels are smart too. Squirrels have been observed engaging in “deceptive caching.” This is where a squirrel digs a hole and vigorously covers it up again, but without depositing the nut. It seems this is done to throw off potential food thieves - such as other squirrels.
Last Week's mystery: Eastern Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) tracks. Photo:
Emily Jones
Each Monday we’ll post a new photo and identify the previous week’s winner. They’ll receive an ASNV hat or tote bag.
Be sure to post your answer on our Facebook page @AudubonVA under the Monday Mystery post...do not reply to this email with your guess! We only accept entries from our Facebook page, not via email.
Please remember to write the common name, being mindful of hyphens, uppercase and lowercase letters and always include the Latin name in parentheses. To learn more about bird names click here.
Who is this? Photo: Shari McCollough/Audubon Photography Awards
This week’s Mystery: Who is this? (Don’t know? Sign up for our Sparrow Identification with Bill Young on February 15!)
Post your guess (please list both common name and Latin name) on our Facebook page @AudubonVA under this week's Monday Nature Mystery. Remember, we only accept entries from our Facebook page, not via email!
Good luck!
-Audubon Society of Northern Virginia
Please note that we only accept entries on our Facebook page where they are date- and time-stamped. Remember that, if you need to correct your entry, you should make a new posting rather than correcting the old one so that we get a correct time stamp for your correction. Winners are limited to one prize every 90 days, maximum 2 per person.
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