Week 4

A beautiful Sunday March morning at Symphony Park and the proof is in the pictures! Not a person in sight but absolutely a beautiful day! No animal in sight, no cars, nothing. I hear little to no noise, a few dogs barking from the houses across the street but nothing on the actual park is making any noise. 

 This picture was the first interesting thing that I saw on Sunday morning. I assume it was a dog's paw prints, so I did a little research. What kind of dog is this from? Which legs? I think this might be from a domestic dog's hind legs (Cabrera). They look very similar to what it describes in this link I have provided (Cabrera). I knew their were different types of dogs obviously and small and large dogs but I never thought their were so many paw prints! http://www.bear-tracker.com/dog.html

 This week I got to go into the park which I had not been able to do because of the snow. I found this book under one of the slides in the park. It is clearly a college book, it is just interesting to me because who would want to study under a slide in the park with all the wood chips?! It is very uncomfortable if you ask me! Maybe it was the only place that would be quiet enough for them to study, after all like I have said for four weeks now, there is not much noise at all! I wish I was able to go into the park weeks ago because I am curious to how long this book has been here.

 Approaching this stick, I was nervous because from a distance it looked like a snake to me. I was prepared to scream but knew I had to get close enough to at least get a picture of it because it would have been the first animal I have seen in a month! Turns out it was just a boring old stick but it still has a cool shape to it!

See you all next week!

Work Cited: Cabrera, Kim A. "Animal Tracks - Domestic Dog." Animal Tracks - Domestic Dog. N.p., 1997. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.