Tonight I slipped out onto the patio as it got dark and sat quietly for about thirty minutes. I saw the last vestiges of the sunset, two squirrels dash about in the tree and then climb into some vines, a rat run the roof and drop to the fence and then to the ground, three owls come through on their nightly prowl ( one was a kid and sat in the tree above me and clicked his beak. He wasn’t sure if I was ‘good or bad’.), and heard the katydids and the Rio Grande frog begin their nightly chorus.
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Just as I started to rise to come in something came from the area of the creek and went across the yard. It was a skunk. It was very busy and had its tail very low. It went into the bushes and I dashed into the house. Didn’t care to visit with that one tonight! Such excitement. Last evening we had a yellow-crowned night heron in the yard about ten. This is our fun during the pandemic. Oh, yes, the mosquitoes were there too as well as some fireflies.