Thursday, October 28, 2010

DNR: "Becoming An Outdoors Woman" / Tracks & Trails

I thought in this course we would learn to identify animal tracks. But it was So. Much. More.


So much to say about this course!


What did we learn about? Our power of observation. How people feel they are productive/how we feel we've accomplished something. Human behavior (humans are animals too, and they leave tracks ...). How to observe signs around the tracks, so you can form the whole story -- not just what animal was there, but what they were doing, where they came from. Was another animal stalking them?, did they run? was there a battle? or were they playing? What time of day is it? When was the last tide? Did it rain? How deep are the tracks. How to tell how long ago they were formed.

Just amazing the stories that are behind a simple track.

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