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Small animals often make tunnels or paths through vegetation to protect themselves from predators.  This is a brush rabbit path that we discovered while cutting weeds.  Under normal circumstances the entrance would be much less obvious. Lesley Hunt	Many spiders build a web to trap food.  In this case, the trapped insect eventually makes its way to the bottom of the funnel and drops through to the spider waiting out of sight below. Brad Heckman
A ground squirrel burrow is identified by its multiple open entrances.  An active burrow will have piles of freshly dug dirt next to the entrances; an abandoned one will not.  These burrows provide homes for many small animals during and after the time the ground squirrels are using them. Brad Heckman