Who’s that knocking at my door? What creature of the night came THISclose to my place the other night? Mysterious animal tracks in the snow not-snow. I think the curved lines on the left bottom might be a tail. Or claws… I was so excited when I saw these paw prints on the floor of my carport! Our complex is gated, so we don’t see many animals in here. I knew it wasn’t a cat, didn’t think it was a dog, and hoped it was something interesting, like a raccoon. (The tracks are about twice the size of cat paws.) One of the things I loved best when it snowed…

Some items that caught my interest these past couple of weeks: Mountain lions Opossums Bats I thought I could write 3 short items, but as it happens, I can write short for a living, but not for this blog. So I’ll divide up these 3 fine animals. Mountain lions (cougars.) I noticed that a bike forum linked to me recently. Apparently one of the bikers had heard of a mountain lion somewhere in or near Griffith Park, and so someone else did some research and found my post here. He then reported to the group that Yes! This proves that a mountain lion was in Griffith Park! And the discussion…