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Of the many questions one is left with after listening to the nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice, none is more vexing than how three blind rodents were able to chase anything, let alone a farmer's wife. As the three mice in question died in 1805, we'll probably never know the full answer...

I was eating breakfast when I noticed a black duck quietly feeding on our small pond. It would occasionally "tip-up" - head underwater, tail skyward - in typical puddle duck fashion. Suddenly, the peaceful scene was interrupted as the duck began spinning wildly in circles...

What's the muddy depression that these folks are looking at? (That's our Tracking Tips columnist Sue Morse in green, for those who don't know her.)

Every other week we run a photo of something unusual found in the woods. Guess what it is and you'll be eligible to win a copy of The Outside Story, a paperback collection of our Outside Story newspaper columns. A prize winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries. The correct answer, and the winner's name, will appear in our next e-newsletter. 

Yes, it's a dead chipmunk. (We're pretty sure the dog killed it, but it may have been gluttony.) Note that his mouth is full of beech nuts. Now how many beech nuts do you think this wee chippy had stuffed in his mouth at the time of his unfortunate demise?      

 

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