This week has been great up until Friday when it got too warm, rainy and the snow melted. On Thursday, while waiting for a 6th grade class to come out to the Popple Nature area, I was walking on the ice on the pond and saw something moving across the ice. I thought it was a leaf blowing but then realized it was crawling/running. I watched more and bellieve that it was a vole--bigger than a mouse. I stopped and watched. When I did that it turned, looked at me and probably thought "what is that big ugly thing--it is scary. With that it turned around and desperately tried to burrow under the snow to keep out of sight. Finally it reached the bank again and disappeared into the bursh.
I also found , what I think is a dead raccoon along the bank. It had been there long enough so that the fur was almost completely off. The toes were long and narrow and relatively small (not a badger) and the face was pretty small and pointy. Inspite of the relative cold weather it was pretty stinky.
Gary
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