crazy critter day

[Nortoon_imp]

So this is an example of what we have to deal with on German roads




The warning reads, crossing frogs, either drive slowly or take another road! Can you imagine the stress we're under?

Joking aside, when I was crossing the Dolomites last autumn, at night, a deer appeared out of nowhere(or so it seemed) two feet away. My wife was so scared by this I had to pull over for a while to calm her down.

I stop for turtles. Tuck them in my tank bag, and drop them off at the next stream, creek, swamp, or lake.

In the spring I find small green frogs in the window wells of our home in the morning. They come from the large settlement pond on the golf course on the next street. I know there is a blue heron there at the pond, so I transport the frogs to the Jock River about 5 minutes from my door. They remain still in the clear plastic raspberry container while I am walking until we approach the river. Then all heck breaks loose.