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I Found A Carpometacarpus
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I Found A Carpometacarpus

I went to the beach the other day and I found a bone washed up. The bone struck me right away as looking like it was from a bird. Perhaps I remembered it from a previous bone study or from a skeleton I had observed before. I inspected it quickly, and put it in my pocket to look at a little more later before continuing on my way.

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Tracking Birds At Saugeen First Nations, 2023.06.10
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Tracking Birds At Saugeen First Nations, 2023.06.10

We parked and got out of the vehicles after a long drive and took to the sand right away to find some good tracks. While we did discuss some Red Fox and some Coyote tracks and gait patterns, I was really looking forward to finding some bird tracks. I was eager for the beach but James called me over to show me a track he’d found. It was from a bird! This was a great start to our day together as I came with the intention of tracking birds and we were only about four metres away from the cars. We got down to check it out.

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