Rensselaer County, New York

Near Sand Lake, NY

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Rensselaer County New York (Class B) BFRO

January 1990

A friend and I had decided to do some cross country skiing on the property owned by some neighbors. We started out behind my house and worked our way into the woods. There is an old logging road about a mile in that we hooked up to. It was a sunny day in January, with a steady but light snowfall. Along the way we had taken note of different tracks, as the area is home to abundant wildlife. At this point we had come across several deer tracks. We were studying the tracks and noting that most were not fresh, as they were already filled with snow. There is a point in the trail where it splits and you can go to the right or left. We chose right and continued back in. This route is fairly short and takes about 10 to 15 minutes to reach the end where it abruptly stops in a an open field. At this point we chose to turn around and start back out. When we reached the spot where the trail had split, we were coming down a slope and nearing the fork when we noticed what looked like fresh tracks in...

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Rensselaer County New York (Class B) BFRO

02/15/04 Rensselaer County, NY: Vocalizations, with Tracks Found the Next Day

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Rensselaer County New York (Class A) BFRO

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Alberta Canada (Class A) BFRO

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