Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Tracking and then a Farm.


Day 3

We met at Tamposi this morning with Dan from the White Pine nature based learning center who was very educated in animal tracking and identifying. IT IS TRUE! There are moose around which I am thrilled about since not many of them roam Los Angeles. Throughout the morning we would come across scat and identify to whom it belonged to. This morning we saw deer, moose, coyote, fox, and some type of bird, possibly, turkey scat. Along with analyzing poop we looked for other signs of animals in the area. We saw some deer and moose rubbing's, signs of foraging animals, and squirrel "bites," which I never knew existed. It was very educational and once again my knowledge of New England forests are growing!

The second part of the day was spent with Randy Warren of Warren Farm. His farm property borders some of the Tamposiland and he is rich in history. The information we were told was very descriptive giving us a picture of the New Hampshire farmland through the years. Just listening to how dependent farming was to how uncommon it is today for the community to buy local makes me want to buy farm fresh produce only! You all should too!