Did I mention the moose? Well, just last eve, this grand creature made a visit. Not a bird, but maybe more wild than one. Quite tall, majestic, with the gait of a camel, but not fully grown. And thankfully not trailing offspring and feeling protective. We live close to a busy road, so this kind of sighting, while magical, also produces anxiety -- like, hey moose, don't go toward the road! Thankfully it did not and wandered back toward the woods again. I cannot remember the sound of the birds during this visit. Were they silent and in awe as I was? It was raining. Probably the usual sounds were all going on anyway. But interesting how sound and time can seem to freeze in the presence of a powerfully large beast. Hopefully this visitor or one of our ursine friends will avoid the camp in the middle of the night. I much prefer to be awakened by tiny feathered dinosaurs instead.

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