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Beartracker’s

Animal Tracks Den

 

 



The original online field guide to tracks and tracking - since 1997.
Celebrating our 21st Anniversary!

Last updated: July 27, 2018



My name is Beartracker (AKA Kim A. Cabrera). I invite you to explore the world
of tracking with me. I am interested in both animal and SAR (Search and Rescue)
tracking. When you explore this site, you will find information on animals and
their tracks. I have also included links to my favorite tracking sites. As you
follow the links below, you will find pictures of animal tracks and drawings. In
addition to animal tracks, you will find pictures of the animals themselves and
natural history information for each species. If you know how to identify animal
tracks, you can tell who has visited the location. If you know about the habits
of the animal, you will understand why it visited that place.

You cannot find tracks unless you go out and look for them. Therefore, I have
included a few tips on where to find them and even some links to my favorite
tracking and hiking areas.

This site is intended to be a source of information about North American animals
and their tracks. I do not claim to be an expert tracker, just someone who loves
tracking. My certification information is below, if you are curious. The joy of
tracking is in solving the mysteries out there. Every time you go tracking, you
will find new stories written on the ground, just waiting for you to unlock
their secrets. I learn more and more each time I go out for a walk. I invite you
to explore this fascinating world with me. To get started, pick the type of
animal you are interested in from the list below. I hope you have as much fun
exploring this site as I'm having creating it.


Beartracker on Social Media


Many of you are finding tracks and coming to this site to try to identify them.
As well as this site, there are some resources to help you on social media. Here
are the places I recommend.


Animal tracks, and tracking in general, are fascinating. To meet other trackers,
or just learn from others, you can find my group on Facebook. The group is
called Animals Don't Cover Their Tracks and the link is:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/271764596196849
Find a track and want to tell everyone about it? Want to find out what others
have learned about tracking? Whether you track animals or humans, you can post a
message to the this group. Open to all trackers, anywhere, for the discussion of
anything related to tracking. Animal tracks, human tracks, or even bicycle
tracks. It's a forum for all trackers. It is intended to be a place where anyone
can post a track they have found and have some help identifying it. I recommend
including some sort of known object in your track photo to give a sense of
scale. If you would like them, there are free printable rulers I made (PDF
format) in a link lower down on this page.


Also, I create many animal tracking and wildlife videos on my YouTube channel.
The videos are about animal tracks and sign, or just awesome captures from my
trail cameras. I've got a whole library of videos you can browse on my channel.
The link is: youtube.com/user/beartracker777


You can also find me at Beartracker Nature Films on Facebook. Here is the link:
https://www.facebook.com/beartrackernature/


If you are interested in learning about how to become certified as a wildlife
tracker, check out the CyberTracker page. I highly recommend the CyberTracker
evaluation system. It's a great way to learn tracking in-depth and to interact
with other trackers. I am certified by CyberTracker as a Track and Sign
Specialist, and Trailing 2, and Tracker 2. Find out more about what those
certifications mean on that site.
Here is the link:  http://trackercertification.com/

You can also post your track finds on the North American Animal Tracking
Database on iNaturalist. I am a curator on that project and many trackers there
can help you identify your finds. To join this page, you need to be a member of
iNaturalist, which is FREE and just requires a sign-up. Please include an object
of known size in your track photos so that there is a scale to judge the track
size from. You can print my free tracking rulers below.
The link is:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/north-american-animal-tracking-database


My track drawings are now available on t-shirts in my Amazon store. Here are the
links to my designs. Since there are frauds and thieves out there who have
stolen my designs, I recommend purchasing only through the links I provide on
this site. Otherwise, you will get a ripoff of my work and it won't be accurate.


 

About Beartracker


> > > > >  * Track and Sign Specialist - CyberTracker
> > > > >    
> > > > >    
> > > > >  * Tracker 2 - Universal Tracking Services
> > > > >    
> > > > >    
> > > > >  * Charter Member - International Society of Professional Trackers
> > > > >    
> > > > >    See my Certifications Here
> > > > >    
> > > > >    
> > > > >    

Animals and Their Tracks

Animals don’t cover their tracks.

Mammals Birds Amphibians Reptiles Insects Humans

 

Visit Beartracker's Nature Store at: www.dirt-time.com   Happy tracking!!



What can you find in the nature store? Beartracker's T-shirts, sweatshirts,
journals, book bags, toddler and infant apparel, mouse pads, posters, postcards,
coffee mugs, travel mugs, clocks, Frisbees, bumper stickers, hats, stickers, and
many more items. All with tracks or paw prints, or nature scenes. Custom
products are available. If you don't see the track you want on the product you
want, email me and I can probably create it. Proceeds from all sales go to pay
the monthly fees for this web site. You can help support this site as well as
get great tracking products! Thank you!

 

Spring is here and the frogs are singing again! Check out the latest treefrog
serenade on my treefrog page. Recorded March 2000 on Humboldt County's Eel
River.

Anything that moves over the ground leaves signs of its passage. You can find
these tracks and signs if you know what to look for. These pages will teach you
to recognize the tracks and signs left by some common animals.

Species List

Guidelines for Use of Material

NEW ... Download my free animal tracks guide. This is an Adobe PDF file a little
over 2MB. The download will be slow over a dial-up connection. (This guide
prints on two pages.) You need the free Acrobat Reader to open this file.

OR, download the brand new track guide. Three pages of tracks with all new
drawings and a few extra spaces to draw your own. This one is a 463KB PDF file.
New 2004 animal tracks guide.





NEW! Beartracker's Animal Tracks Den now has an online store! Browse for
merchandise related to tracking. I provide the information on this web site for
free. The site has grown so much that it can no longer be hosted on a free
service, so I have to pay a monthly fee. Proceeds from any sales go to help
maintain this site and pay the monthly fees. Thank you for checking out the
store! We also offer exclusive tracking products from Pacific Laser Design. See
the new store page here.
We can do custom laser-etched items. Email me at the address below with your
requests.

 



General Tracking Information

• Where to find tracks.

• Tips for seeing tracks and following them.

• How to make and use a Tracking Stick.  (You may also download this file as a
PDF.)

• Tracking activities for teachers and naturalists.

• Plaster track casting procedure  (You may also download this file as a PDF.)

• Canine vs. Feline tracks (Is it a cat or a dog?) (How to tell cougar from dog
tracks)

• Learn to be a Tracker! The PAWS Principle

• Animal Feet Photos


• Tracking Rulers - free printable scales to include in your track photos ( two
styles)


• Tracking and Wildlife Videos (Many of these are Adobe Flash format, so may not
play on all devices. If you have trouble viewing them, see the videos on my
YouTube channel. youtube.com/user/beartracker777)

• Tracking Articles (Beartracker in the media) 

• Tracking Criminals (A true story of one of my tracking experiences) 

• Natural Hazards in the Outdoors

• Trail Camera Photos of Animals

• Tracking reference sources (Or visit my new Amazon bookstore. Any percentages
I earn from bookstore purchases help me pay the monthly fees for this web site.
Your help is appreciated. Thank you.)

• Tracking Bookstore featuring animal tracking books for adults and children

• What is SAR Tracking?

• Real Animal Track Impressions from Sooted Bait Stations

• Quick Reference Animal Track Guide

• List of my Recent Animal Track Finds

• Tracking Adventure Stories

• Glossary of Tracking Terms

• Animal Scat Section
This new section has photos of animal scat, or droppings. This is an important
part of tracking and identifying species. However, if you are bothered by such
things, you may not want to visit this section. I have put this information all
in its own section for this reason. The intent of providing this information is
not to offend anyone. This is simply information that I found a lack of on the
'net.

Join the Tracking and Signcutting Club and talk to other trackers. It’s free.
Includes trackers message board and our own private chat room.

Or, join the new Animal Tracking Club. It’s also free. Includes same as above.

Or visit the Trackers and Signcutters Trail on DejaNews. It’s free. This also
includes a trackers message board.

Test your knowledge!

• New Fun Tracks and Tracking Quiz • Animal Tracks Quiz • SAR Tracking Quiz •
Animals Quiz

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Check out my coloring book for kids! Available at Amazon. If your kids want to
learn animal tracks, what better way than to color them? Click on the book cover
to go to Amazon and buy one.









Check this out! My track drawings are now in a book! "Buckshot's Modern Trappers
Guide."

Written by an expert trapper. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested
in trapping. It contains a complete tracking section with drawings that were
done by me - Kim Cabrera. So I have more than one reason to recommend this book!
Check it out for yourself. It's worth a look. It is ranked #1 in sales in the
"Trapping" category on Amazon.com. Check out Buckshot's web site too.
(Buckshot's Camp)

Also, my opossum track drawings are featured on the cover of the new novel,
"Possums Sing" by Marlina Claire. Check it out!


Beartracker also maintains a blog of book reviews. I review many books, both
fiction and non-fiction. Find my blog here:
https://beartrackerblog.wordpress.com



Animal Tracks and Signs by Beartracker Wildlife Tracking - My Project on
iNaturalist


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Links to Tracking Sites

Search and Rescue Tracking

• Universal Tracking Services Home Page • International Society of Professional
Trackers • Pacific Northwest Trackers Association • Western New Mexico Search
and Rescue Trackers Association • Search and Rescue Society of British Columbia
 Fernando Moreira's Professional Tracking Services
• Joel Hardin Professional Tracking Services
• Snohomish County Volunteer Search & Rescue Tracking Page Natural Awareness
Tracking School
• Lost Person Behavior Characteristics (From SARBC’s page.)
• Bay Area Search and Rescue Council • National Association for Search and
Rescue (NASAR)  SARTI • K-9 Emergency Response Teams, Inc. • Hug-A-Tree National
Headquarters


Animal Tracking and Others • Paul Rezendes Tracking Site • A Naturalist's World
• Tom Brown Jr.’s Tracker School (official site) • Nature Tracking - Jonah
Evans' web site
• Ndakinna Education Center • Keeping Track • Wilderness Awareness School •
Earth Skills - James Lowery's site • CyberTracker Blog
•CyberTracker Tracker Certification
• Animal Tracks and Signs by Beartracker Wildlife Tracking (guide)
 • My iNaturalist Wildlife Track Observations
• CyberTracker Conservation
• Reddit Animal Tracking
Tactical Tracking/Law Enforcement • Tactical Tracking Operations School, Inc. •
CyberTracker • Scott Donelan Tracking School
  • Selous Scouts





Other Links

Places to go Hiking

• California State Parks (I worked for them. Some great parks here.)

• Redwood National Park (My neighbors to the north. Good place to go hiking.)

• Grand Canyon National Park (Grand Canyon Association expanded web site)

• National Park Service (ParkNet) Explore our National Parks! Many tracking
opportunities here!

• Yellowstone Park Net (Yellowstone National Park Information)

Animals Reference Sites

• Animal Diversity Web (Excellent resource - also college level)

Other Web Sites I Wrote

• Animal Tracks of Humboldt County (Northern California Animal Tracks)

• Tracking How-To (Learning to read tracks - the secret language of the
wilderness.)
This site is under construction.

• KG6BFO Humboldt County Frequency Guide (Amateur radio and scanner frequencies)

Tracking 2006 - International Society of Professional Trackers Conference


Animal Tracks and Signs by Beartracker Wildlife Tracking


 

 



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Also visit these fine stores for more products of interest:

NDN Pride shop - For Indian Pride items for all tribes. Custom items available
on request.

ASL Signs of Love - For anyone who uses or is learning ASL, American Sign
Language. Custom name items and more are available here.

Get E.C.O. Store (Get Every Child Outdoors) - www.geteverychildoutdoors.com

Sales from all stores give commissions to Beartracker's Animal Tracks Den, which
helps keep this site online as a free service. We are celebrating ten years
online this year!

 

  









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The Tracking T-shirt store (with paw prints and more!):

www.cafepress.com/tracker

 

More tracking items:
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All proceeds from sales of items in my stores go to help keep Beartracker's
Animal Tracks Den online!
 

My other stores:

Sign Language Stuff - www.aslsignsoflove.com

NDN Pride stuff - www.ndnpride.com

Get E.C.O. Store (Get Every Child Outdoors) - www.geteverychildoutdoors.com

 

All proceeds from stores go to help maintain this site as a free service. Thank
you.