Written in the sand, left in the leaves, scratched into the bark, and drifting on the wind, through awareness of the tracks and sign of animals, we learn to perceive the diversity of magnificent wild beings interacting with the landscape and each other.

We went out to one of our favorite coastal California tracking spots over the weekend and found a gorgeous display of Great Horned Owl tracks in the sand dunes, accompanied by multiple sand bathing spots. You can see three of the ten or so sand bathing spots in the foreground. Owls, along with many other birds and mammals, bath in dust or sand to take care of their skin, fur and feathers as it helps remove excess oil and parasites. They spread their wings and flap, wriggle an

True anthropomorphism is not necessarily the attribution of emotion, but the projection of the psychological and emotional complexity, of humans onto other beings.