TRIVIA #1
What kind of critter
left these tracks in the snow on the CWC basketball court? (click
on photo to zoom in)
ANSWER:
Crow (how appropriate for the 1st question of this new northwoods
trivia game, huh? :) "Wherever crows are, there's
magic." -Ted Andrews Animal Speak
TRIVIA #2
What kind of critter left these tracks in the snow between Cabins #2 and
#3? (click on photo to zoom in)
ANSWER:
Gray Squirrel - this one was 'bounding' along.
Fun facts:
A gray squirrel can hide 25 nuts in a half an hour and can later
find roughly 80 percent of the those it buried. Hunters will
sometimes trick a gray squirrel into showing itself by clicking two
quarters together, which makes a squirrel-like sound.
---source MN DNR
TRIVIA #3
What THREE kinds of critters (not including the vehicle tracks) left
these tracks in the snow behind Cabin #9 on the driveway at the resort?
(click on photo to zoom in)
HINT: 1 is shy, 1 is sly and 1 is wry
ANSWER:
deer, fox and a cat (OK, so yah, the wry was a stretch, but it
rhymed well. And cats seem sarcastic and wry sometimes, don't
they? :) The cat tracks must be from a wild cat, as Carol
Kitty stays in the shop all winter in the heated portion, so they
ain't her tracks. We've had bobcat tracks in the springtime
loose sand in the driveway, but they are much bigger.)
TRIVIA #4
 
What kind of bird is this? (Kim snapped its photo from her
deck in September 2011 as it was migrating through the resort)
(click on photo to zoom in)
HINT: She
is the only one of her species able to digest the wax in bayberries
and wax myrtles. (This enables her to migrate further north
than others of her kind.) In this photo she was picking
insects off the spruce tree .
ANSWER:
Yellow Rumped Warbler
So! I was
going to utilize the male bird (in photo on right) as next week's
trivia 'trick' question (it's same species, different sex) but I
found the coolest website on bird songs -- click here to hear the
vocalizations of this little warbler:
http://www.birdjam.com/birdsong.php?id=30 (they even have
an ipod app if you're really interested!) The photo on
this website will give away next trivia question, so I'm moving the
male warbler photo above next to it's mate.
We are traveling
next week, so next triva in mid-February
TRIVIA #6
What kind of bird is this? (Kim snapped its photo from her deck in
September 2011 as it was migrating through the resort) (click on photo
to zoom in)
ANSWER: to be announced February 13
TRIVIA #7
This little guy was wriggling around in some dirt we were moving from
near brother Kris' house when we needed some black dirt to fill in
around Cabin #6's deck after we were done remodeling it in spring 2011.
What kind of critter is this? Bonus question: What color
does it turn during it's adolescent stage? You'll be surprised!
(Big John saved
it in a 5 gallon bucket for Kim to snap this photo before immediately
letting it go)
(click on photo to zoom in)
ANSWER: to be announced February 20
TRIVIA #8:
Which American state has 90,000 miles of shoreline, more than
California, Florida and Hawaii combined?
ANSWER: to be announced February 27
TRIVIA #9
Brother Kris
was being either brave or silly picking up this common snapping
turtle in the CWC driveway. They can be quick and ruthless
when "protecting" themselves. (It's a good way to lose a
finger!) As it was, I believe Kris got a nice stinky squirt of
urine for his trouble in helping the turtle cross the road. :)
Question: How long is an average lifespan of a snapper?
A) 5 - 10 years
B) 15 - 25 years
C) 30 - 40 years
ANSWER: to be announced
March 5
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