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Re: Photo Phriday 142 - Marten [Re: Gulo] #8166800
07/05/24 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Gulo
In years gone by, I've spent many days snow-tracking marten in Alaska and in Idaho. Amazing what you can learn. One of the neatest things was the fact that they investigate pretty much every leaning tree (thus, I think leaning poles are a natural draw when trapping, even withhout bait). The holes into the subnivean world (underneath the snow) are at these leaning trees, and I think they depend on them for access to food. Also, they catch a lot of shrews beneath the snow, and those shrews are usually discarded (not eaten). I've noticed the same thing (non-use of shrews) by the boreal owls.

Jack


That’s pretty interesting Gulo!

Why do you think the Shrew’s weren’t eaten? Too much food and they were cache-ing them for later? Or killing for fun, similar to a Wolf at times?


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Re: Photo Phriday 142 - Marten [Re: Gulo] #8167951
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JP the short tailed shrew has an odour that you smell in the deciduous woods, it is a musty smell when there are a few shrews around ( more than 2 per Ha). Once you smell one you would recognize it.

Re: Photo Phriday 142 - Marten [Re: Gulo] #8167956
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Here is a black marten.
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and an orange one.
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Last edited by Boco; 07/07/24 09:11 PM.

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