Beartrackers
Animal Tracks Den
The original online field guide to tracks and
tracking - since 1997.
Celebrating our 27th Anniversary!
Last updated: February 21, 2024
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 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. 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. New track rulers I made with accurate track drawings.
Available exclusively from me. See image below for how to
order. |
About Beartracker
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Animals and Their Tracks
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.
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
Tips for seeing tracks and following them.
How to make and use a Tracking Stick. (You may also download this file as a PDF.)
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
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)
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
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. Its free. Includes trackers message board and our own private chat room.
Or, join the new Animal Tracking Club. Its also free. Includes same as above.
Or visit the Trackers and Signcutters Trail on DejaNews. Its free. This also includes a trackers message board.
Test your knowledge! |
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New Fun Tracks and Tracking Quiz | Animal Tracks Quiz |
SAR Tracking Quiz | Animals Quiz |
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
Links to Tracking Sites
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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Find animal tracking items, or email
me to request custom pawprint products!
We also do custom laser etched items in partnership with Pacific
Laser Design. See the store page
here.
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Beartracker's Animal
Tracks Den is copyright © 1997, 2016, 2018.
Unless otherwise noted: text, drawings, and photos by Kim A. Cabrera - Desert Moon
Design
Before borrowing my material, please read the guidelines.
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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! |
The Tracking T-shirt store (with paw prints and more!):
More tracking items:
www.zazzle.com/tracker8459*
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.