Have you ever wondered where a muskrat lives or what an otter eats? Do you know how opossums carry their babies? What does a beaver use its tail for? These were all topics our hike guide, Ken Gregory, covered in today’s mammal hike! We had 20 children and 12 parents join Ken for a hike in search of tracks, homes, and traces left by mammals. Turtle egg holes, old muskrat dens, raccoon tracks, and deer tracks were among some of the things the children observed. After the hike Ken led the hikers back to the pavilion to touch preserved mammal skins and skulls of a coyote, beaver, opossum, mink, skunk, raccoon, bobcat, and badger! The children loved to see and feel the animals Ken had talked about earlier, especially the beaver and coyote. Thanks Ken for sharing your expertise with the children and teaching them about local mammals!