I forgot to take my camera to the hike in the woods yesterday. And my hiking buddy forgot hers, too.
Of all the unfortunate times to forget a camera!
The kids climbed down into a dry creekbed. As they climbed down, they slid on their bottoms down the side of the bed. They ended up with these really dark stains on their hind ends! I looked down and these blackberry looking things were all over the dry creekbed. Where did those come from? Are they blackberries? Is there a vine? We looked all over and finally found a tree completely covered with these berries. It looks similar to this picture from Wikipedia. Hmm. Interesting. I have never seen anything like it.
Then. Something even better happened. The kids got back on the trail. Suddenly, they yelled. "Come quick." (They were a little ahead of us, but we could still see them on the trail.) When we caught up with them, there were 4 baby armadillos right there in the woods.
What a bad day to forget a camera!
Of all the unfortunate times to forget a camera!
The kids climbed down into a dry creekbed. As they climbed down, they slid on their bottoms down the side of the bed. They ended up with these really dark stains on their hind ends! I looked down and these blackberry looking things were all over the dry creekbed. Where did those come from? Are they blackberries? Is there a vine? We looked all over and finally found a tree completely covered with these berries. It looks similar to this picture from Wikipedia. Hmm. Interesting. I have never seen anything like it.
Then. Something even better happened. The kids got back on the trail. Suddenly, they yelled. "Come quick." (They were a little ahead of us, but we could still see them on the trail.) When we caught up with them, there were 4 baby armadillos right there in the woods.
What a bad day to forget a camera!
What a crazy, diverse world we share! I mean, I'd never run across armadillos in the trees here! Awesome. In fact, I've never seen one in real life I don't think. Were the baby armadillos cute? I bet they were. The babies of just about everything are.
ReplyDeleteThe armadillos were on the ground. I have seen only one only one time in my life. I have never seen a bunch together. And the kids had never seen one.
DeleteThey do live down here, but they are rarely seen. Wikipedia says that many species of armadillos are endangered. I would believe that. We spend lots of time in the woods, and this is the first time we saw one.
The baby armadillos were cute. 3 of them ran away, but one just stood there, apparently looking at us. It had a long pointy face that reminded me of an anteater. The kids were just awe struck.
Don't you just hate it when you miss all of those Great Kodak moments! Sounds like you had a good time :0)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Carol. We did have a good time. And I do hate it when I miss those Kodak moments. :)
DeleteI see armadillos all the time, but it is normally at 50mph as I am swirving my car to avoid them.
ReplyDeleteI was not so lucky about 11p one night. One of the little critters hopped out in front of the car. Had no idea what I hit but it sounded like it disintegrated and was made of little pieces of metal. Made a nice dent in the bumper. I have heard that when they are scared, armadillos jump in the air about a foot high, just right for a bumper...
DeleteMan, "Goatfarm," I had not known you hit one. I know that upset you, since you like them so much.
DeleteKris, I laughed out loud when I read your response. There is a great blog post about the ways to classify armadillos, very tongue in cheek. It was written by "Goatfarm's" husband.
http://bluecapra.com/2011/hiking-and-armadillo-classification/