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Index of Subjects Welcome back, Jean! It's great to hear from you again. Lois Codling Jean Timpa wrote: > One coyote crossed the 101 in front of us, not very closely, thank goodness, at the > Power Lot road which intersects the 101 on Friday afternoon. On Saturday Stephanie, my > daughter, and baby, Naomi were close to Grandmother Maire Wamboldt's home in > Clementsvale, when Stephanie caught sight of the white tail of a deer which had nearly > crossed out in front of her, but thought the better of it, turned and was fleeing back from > whence it had come. Too close for comfort, but the situation resolved itself alright. About > the same time I was watching three handsome male pheasants on the front lawn in the > pouring rain. As the evening went on the winds and rain grew worse. In the morning we had > experienced a hail/snow/rain mixture for awhile. But the best surprise of all occured at about > 4:15am when I awoke this morning, not only to the pounding rain and howling winds still, but > to a song just outside, or perhaps even on my bedroom window the sound was so close, of > one lone Spring peeper which repeatedly called distinctly four or five times before it moved > futher away and then "disappeared" altogether. I quickly sat up after hear the first call to > make sure I was hearing what I thought I was hearing, and not dreaming or hearing crickets > or a bird perhaps. But it was altogether a Spring peeper enjoying the very drenching, warm > rains. Marie told me she watched a frog of some sort hop across her driveway about a week > ago heading in the direction of the alder swamp, undoubtedly looking for winter refuge. So > we had some interesting sightings despite the horrid weather which stymied planned walks. > Jean > >
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