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Short-tailed Weasel (Mustela richardsonii)Observer
amstrong1Description
We had just finished up some field work at a site a little further north. As we were driving south, there was a dead E Cottontail in the road. As we swerved around it, the carcass moved. I assumed the cottontail was still alive, but one of the crew noticed the carcass was being dragged. We stopped and turned around to see a weasel trying to drag the carcass out of the road. We pulled up a little closer and the weasel ran off into the woods, but they came back quickly and proceeded to drag the dead cottontail out of the road and into the woods. I'm not sure if this is a Short-tailed Weasel, but imagining the head being laid out flat, it looks like the tail length is less than 1/2 the body length.
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Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)Observer
amstrong1Description
Owling trip with UVM students. The Wood Frog called intermittently for about 10 minutes and responded to a wood frog playback.
Photos / Sounds
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Bobcat (Lynx rufus)Observer
amstrong1Description
Seen at 8:28. Walked along the fence between our yard (9 Sebring) and the lilac display garden of the Hort Farm. It disappeared to the west, but then came back into view and walked through the lilac display. From there, it moved south and went out of site where the lilac garden "connects" to the trees around Bartlett Brook.