I've been seeing more of these since they closed Benson Road (Dickcissel Field) off to traffic. I think they're Raccoon Tracks and were fun to see right by my jogging shoe prints. I had the same experience with Deer tracks back on the June 9, 2009 post. But the greatest epiphany of all is - no tire tracks!! Except for harvesting and planting this road is not used anymore except for joggers and critters. Just read Wilton's Blog about looking forward to Spring being a major joy of Winter and I concur. Will be interesting to see what they plant this year or if they let the field lie fallow. The field was fallow a few years ago and produced a great variety of yellow and blue wildflowers, mainly Wild Mustard and Toadflax, in the Spring that was just beautiful. It later produced the closet to Columbia breeding Dickcissels at the time on the wild lettuce plants. At the time it's being visited by Eastern Meadowlarks, American Pipits, Kildeer, and a Loggerhead Shrike. And this jogging critter.
My run was good at 48:12 for 5 miles at 9:38 per mile.
toadshade
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