As
I’ve mentioned multiple times, I love taking a morning walk by myself.
Sometimes I’ve been worried like when I pulled a muscle (July 16) or was
followed by a bobcat (March 17), but most times I just enjoy the walk and the
morning. The walk along Bolen Bluff Trail seemed to have a theme of being a bit
scary.
The
birds seemed to be scared of me and always flew away as I approached along the
trail.
The
deer were scared of me. The only problem is when we don’t see each other until
I’m close. Then the deer would jump and run away so that the sudden loud noise
startled me too! Here’s a fawn that hadn’t learned to be scared of humans yet.
Mom stayed close while I walked past.
This
preserve has wild horses and bison. On another hike we saw both in the
distance: a horse (with an egret riding on its back) and several bison (lying
down in the grasses). This time I saw two wild horses right along the trail.
I’m thinking how cool they are since they weren’t scared of me. Then one of
them starting walking toward me and ended up being maybe 6 feet away from me
before I walked away. I’m not sure if the horse was hoping for a snack or what.
I’ve never heard of a wild horse attack but who knows!
The
scariest were the feral hogs. I’ve always heard these can be dangerous. There
were several along the trail. They didn’t move away as I passed. Luckily they
didn’t head towards me but they were difficult to see through the plants along
the tree so there were times we were fairly close. It is difficult to take
pictures with all the plant life, but this is as close as I wanted to be!
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