Hunting for frogs (and other creatures) at Walnut Creek

Mom of a "future zoologist" boy

How do you know you're the mom of a boy who wants to grow up to be a zoologist?  You come home from a nature walk with a picture of this:

Yes, it is animal poop.  With seeds.  And "of course it must be from a black bear", said the budding zoologist, who followed every nature sign he could find in hopes of trailing the elusive black bear that may live in our neighborhood.  It was with great disappointment that he returned home without a bear-sighting. However, the very next day he headed out to search again.

Snake Night at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center