The Pond

As we approached the pond, the ground becomes more "squooshie" (to use Ellie's word). The path winds around and joins up with a small platform for viewing the birds and other animals around the pond. According to the guidebook, there are supposed to be a large number of animals here, including meadow voles, white-footed mice, woodchucks, and squirrels. However, we don't see any of those.

The bank of the pond does show some evidence of animals that have visited the waters. There are footprints everywhere. We heard a guide who was leading a school group say that these are raccoon tracks, but we're not sure. Ellie drew a picture of the tracks in her notebook so that we could look it up later.

(Note: Mom gave Ellie the wrong spelling for "raccoon". Who knew that we'd need a dictionary?!?)