Bay Area Jr. Tracker Certification

Become a certified Jr. Tracker while learning about animals through the tracks and sign they leave behind. This week we will scour the landscape for tracks, chew marks, digs, and even scat (poop).

Learn to plaster cast a track, stalk wild animals and tell the size and gender of a deer from the track.

Finding Animals

We look for all kinds of animal tracks and sign: raccoon, deer, fox, coyote, muskrat, bobcat and more! We learn what the difference is between them all and make casts of the footprints of all the different creatures we find.

All this, plus we explore stealth skills with fun games in an effort to better observe the wildlife. We master the secrets of the scouts, learning to move with the bird calls so they don't alert the deer and other animals of our approach. We learn to tell the difference in ages of tracks and even see if we can find the animals themselves. We may see one of these elusive creatures while building the foundation to help campers become phenomenal naturalists.