Temps were somewhat warm today and the snow is melting fast, so I went out for a hike. I saw some interesting things, too!
While checking out the vernal stream, I found a big beak in the water! I'm pretty sure this is a great horned owl beak. It was pretty cool, but also pretty gross. I added some heavy blurring to censor out the worst parts in case you all don't want to see that.
The whole roof of its mouth and everything was there. Makes you wonder why it died, especially with the bird flu currently killing a lot of birds in my area. Whether it died from an illness or was killed, something ate it.
A short while later I saw this large nest. It's either an owl or hawk nest. There was no activity while I was there.
Out in the prairie I saw a red-tailed hawk circling around.
Eventually it landed in a tree across the prairie.
And then walking back through the woods I found turkey tracks. I love that they look exactly like dinosaur tracks.
Opossum tracks
I'll update whenever I figure out the answer.