9brandon

Thank you for that! What a lovely song indeed.

Oh my! That is just wonderful.

What have you seen over the years?

Ha ... thanks. I might start including photos of blurry, unidentifiable wings exiting the frame, too ... just to make it *really* authentic :)
I really do like the geometries that woods and brush provide, though. Making a virtue out of necessity....

Come to think of it, I don't know if Lafayette's a male ... I've just assumed it! Because ... um .... hmmm. Too many assumptions to unpack comfortably :)

A down jacket is a wonderful thing!

How kind of you! And what handsome little creatures. I'm sure the Toad Gods took note.

What a lovely anecdote!

Growing up I was taught that cormorants, as they so efficiently ate Atlantic salmon struggling to recover in the Penobscot, are evil. As such I never paid them much attention, except glancing ill will. But now I think they're quite marvelous :)

A gartern snake was the very first snake I ever saw. Congratulations!

Thanks much -- just getting the hang of this.

Indeed! (And I didn't realize the photograph had uploaded, otherwise would have labeled it. Such a handsome devil he is :)