TRIFECTA

I hit the trifecta recently. No, not at the racetrack; i
saw three examples of wildlife near my home. First i
stepped out of the house and saw in the leaf litter a
garter snake with a frog in its mouth. A little bit later
i saw an upward-spiraling broadwing hawk not very
far above me. (We call it 'ours' since it hangs around
our property.)

Soon after that my dogs and i saw a beaver standing
beside a wetland. Naturally we went over to have a
look and naturally the beaver took to the water as soon
as it spied us. But instead of swimming off to the far
side of the swamp it merely turned around in the water
and calmly looked at us. I could have touched it with
a stick, it was that close.

I stood still and watched it til it turned around and
leisurely swam off. The channel it was in was so shallow
that it had to crawl over a high spot that put most of its
body above the water. I marveled at its composure. The
last beaver i saw did a somersault in the water when it
saw me & swam off quickly. (Their eyesight isn't that
good.)

So, three sightings of special animals in about a half
hour. That's my trifecta.

Want to experience something similar? The more time
one spends outdoors in nature, the more likely one is to
have such encounters, while walking slowly and not
making too much noise.