Monday Afternoon

We just got back from a 4 mile hike around the coast of Nova Scotia. It was very beautiful and great weather. It was probably in the high 60's with no wind, full sun. There was very little wave action.
Wally had a good time, great spot to view everything.

The goal of the walk was to look for mammal signs such as footprints and scat. We were very successful in finding both. We found evidence of these animals: porcupine, otter, deer, raccoon, coyote, rabbit. We saw a snowshoe hare, green frog, several sea birds and a porcupine.


For the mystery picture I asked what it was.
Well here is a closer picture. Can you tell what kind of fruit it is?





Some of you might be wondering why counting mammals is important. It is important for several reasons. Mammals are a good indicator species to show environmental changes, especially climate changes.


What does this picture tell you about Nova Scotia? Why is it important?






Nova Scotia is considered a frigid isotherm. That means the soil can be frozen or not. Since the conditions are cold do you think that Nova Scotia has reptiles? Snakes, frogs, lizards?