Trackers
The kids and I went walking in the woods today, down a wide, dusty trail, covered in animal tracks.
"Those are deer tracks," I told the kids.
"Let's follow them and find the deer!" said Anna.
"Yeah!" said Sarah.
We walked a little further.
"These are raccoon tracks," I said.
"Let's follow them and find the raccoons!" said Anna.
"They're probably sleeping right now," I said.
"Oh. . . Hey! I see a bear track!" she said.
"Maybe we shouldn't follow that one," said Sarah.
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Note to concerned readers: The bear track Anna saw was actually human. I haven't heard of bears coming up here, although I suppose it could happen. Oh, and we found three young deer.
posted by Rebecca @ 4:12 PM
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4 Comments:
Thats fun. Nathan's parents got Johanna a book called Who Pooped in the Park; its about learning to track from foot prints, claw marks on trees and of course good old scat. Its really a pretty neat book.
How sweet... we saw a bobcat a couple of weeks ago and my kiddos wanted to follow it and see if it had a family!
I think Jonah with a Superman cape along with the twins rapier and totally accidental wit would be more than one bear could handle. . .couple all that with Naiah's I-am-being-murdered-by-not-having-my-every-need-met-instantaneously scream and you've got a power packed weapon the likes of which Mr. Bear has never before seen.
Smart kids!
Sounds like you live in some beautiful country!
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