Offal Wildlife Watching (who eats your guts?)

A research and participatory science project to understand how hunter provided offal (gut piles) affects wild food webs.

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This looks like a fisher caching this offal ("caching" is a term for hiding or storing food for later). What do you think?
If that's what this fisher is doing, caching food on-site is a rarely-observed behavior!
#offal_watch #participatoryscience #Zooniverse #SciStarter #mnenrtf

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Did you know...?
Skunks are generally solitary animals but when they gather, they're typically called a a 'surfeit!' 🦨🦨🦨🦨 Other terms sometimes used are a 'stench' or an 'array.'
#offal_watch #participatoryscience #cameratrap #Zooniverse #SciStarter #mnenrtf #mnextension

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Same camera, different eagles 📷
These offal cam captures are a great representation of the impressive size difference between golden and bald eagles!
#offal_watch #participatoryscience #Zooniverse #SciStarter #mnenrtf #mnextension #Browningtrailcams #mnmasternaturalist

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#wildlifewednesday featuring the Barred owl/strix varia. Probably sitting on eggs this time of year and not scavenging gut piles! 📷
#offal_watch #participatoryscience #cameratrap #Zooniverse #SciStarter #mnenrtf #mnextension #Browningtrailcams #mnmasternaturalist #Tech4Wildlife

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As scavenger researchers, we get plenty of images of guts and gore but photos like this are equally captivating! Here's a beautiful and peaceful shot of a rough legged hawk in the snow
#offal_watch #participatoryscience #cameratrap #Zooniverse #SciStarter #mnenrtf #mnextension

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Hunters: please join us for another year of offal research!🖊️ Register as a hunter participant at https://t.co/jSBDzV6cyJ
Our research wouldn't be possible without dedicated citizen scientists from all over MN- we appreciate your contributions!
#Zooniverse #mnenrtf #mnextension

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These interspecies interactions are always so interesting to see! 📷🦊🦝
The predators don't always get priority but this raccoon didn't look ready to stand its ground!
#offal_watch #participatoryscience #cameratrap #Zooniverse #SciStarter #mnenrtf #mnextension #Browningtrailcams

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More cool eagle footage 📷
These are more rare #goldeneagles and exciting to see as #offal visitors!

#offal #offal_watch #participatoryscience #cameratrap #Zooniverse #SciStarter #mnenrtf #mnextension #Browningtrailcams #mnmasternaturalist

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#offal #offal_watch #participatoryscience #cameratrap #Zooniverse #SciStarter #mnenrtf #mnextension #Browningtrailcams #mnmasternaturalist

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@SciStarter crushed their goal of 1 million Acts of Science in April by reaching 2.8 million acts! 🙌
Offal Wildlife Watching @Zooniverse volunteers contributed over 52,000 acts to their goal! 🏆
To help us identify and classify images head to: https://t.co/YAmuFmCOWq

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Marten montage 📷🙂
American martens are uncommon offal visitors, this one was fun to watch!
#offal #offal_watch #participatoryscience #cameratrap #Zooniverse #SciStarter #mnenrtf #mnextension #Browningtrailcams #mnmasternaturalist #marten

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Attempted murder in the murder? 🐦‍⬛💀😲

#offal #offal_watch #participatoryscience #cameratrap #Zooniverse #SciStarter #mnenrtf #mnextension #Browningtrailcams #mnmasternaturalist

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raccoon smile 😁
#offal #offal_watch #participatoryscience #cameratrap #Zooniverse #SciStarter #mnenrtf #mnextension #Browningtrailcams #mnmasternaturalist

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We're looking for more bowhunters to contribute to our research to learn about scavengers eating gut piles! Sign up at https://t.co/jSBDzV6cyJ and let us know if you need to borrow our project cameras.

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Enjoy #WildlifeWednesday with #CommonRavens a very frequent and maybe the smartest #offal visitor!
#offal #offal_watch #citizenscience #cameratrap #Zooniverse #SciStarter #mnenrtf #mnextension #Browningtrailcams #mnmasternaturalist

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Happy Independence Day weekend from our national scavenger! 🦅🎇
#offal #offal_watch #citizenscience #cameratrap #Zooniverse #SciStarter #mnenrtf #mnextension #Browningtrailcams #mnmasternaturalist

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OWW will be at the fair and we're looking for volunteers to help us do outreach about our research and other #Extension Natural Resource program offerings! Get in touch with Grace at [email protected] if you'd like to help!
#offal_watch #mnenrtf #mnextension #mnmasternaturalist

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Curious about what Offal Wildlife Watching has been up to? Check out a recent webinar with @MyMNwoods we recorded!
#offal_watch #citizenscience #cameratrap #Zooniverse #SciStarter #mnenrtf #mnextension #Browningtrailcams #mnmasternaturalist

https://t.co/1YIk9RaQCr via @YouTube

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We're celebrating #VolunteerWeek by saying thank you to our 7,358 (and counting) #Zooniverse volunteers who help us identify and classify offal visitors in project photos! Anyone can help with OWW at: https://t.co/CqUOLVPvQi
#SciStarter #mnenrtf #mnextension #mnmasternaturalist

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Happy #VolunteerWeek! Our research wouldn't be possible without our hunter volunteers. We are very grateful to all the hunters who have contributed offal data over the years!👏🦌🎯
#offal_watch #Zooniverse #SciStarter #mnenrtf #mnextension #Browningtrailcams #mnmasternaturalist