February 4, 2007
Animal Tracks and Other Signs
A Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation Family Program
In the left photo the children are learning to "read" paper animal tracks by looking at size, shape, and distance apart. Susan Coolidge (left of center, facing camera) and Janet Kovner (to right of Susan) played games with the group and led other indoor activities. Outside, looking for animal signs, we found tracks and "middens", piles of broken acorn shells left in a place where a rodent such as a squirrel liked to eat. The group in the photo on the right is playing a game of "predator-prey".