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Photo Copyright © Alex Kumar
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Red Fox. Photo by Alex Kumar.
Red Foxes are common throughout New England. Look for them along field and forest edges, especially in early morning and evening. Red Foxes scent mark prominent objects along their trail with urine, which leaves a mild "skunk like" smell in the immediate area.
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Photo Copyright © Bob Metcalfe
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Front track of Red Fox in sand. Twin Mountain, NH
Red Fox tracks show four toes in a symmetrical pattern, often with claw marks showing. The bar or line across the rear of the track is made by the metacarpal pad on the fox's foot. This bar is distinctive to Red Fox and helps to make a positive identification.
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Photo Copyright © Emily Metcalfe
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Woodchuck. Photo by Emily Metcalfe.
A Woodchuck, recently awakened from its long winter sleep, gazes out onto a springtime landscape. (Is he smiling??) Woodchucks are one of New England's true hibernators, along with the Meadow Jumping Mouse and the Brown Bat.
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Photo Copyright © Michelle Pimental
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Eastern Box Turtle. Photo by Michelle Pimental
Eastern Box Turtles are widespread but uncommon in New England. They are "land turtles" that prefer well drained low land forest.
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