A lake, a creek, a covered bridge and a wolf?

[Cormanus]

Like Rocky, I always enjoy your rides and the photos, Ferret. However, I fear your mention of the rarity of cormorants in Ohio has triggered a memory or two. They are common hereabouts, and in other places I've lived. The mere mention of them reminds me of the Christopher Isherwood verse:

The common cormorant (or shag)
Lays eggs inside a paper bag,
You follow the idea, no doubt?
It's to keep the lightning out.

But what these unobservant birds
Have never thought of, is that herds
Of wandering bears might come with buns
And steal the bags to hold the crumbs.

The other thing about cormorants which poses a significant hazard to the rider of a CB1100 is the toxicity of their guano. Imagine parking one's bike and wandering off for a cup of tea and a cormorant momentarily taking a rest on the bars of the bike while checking out the beautiful gauges. Should it leave a deposit on the tank, a bloke would be advised to get it off as quickly as possible before it becomes, like the tank badge, a permanent fixture. Indeed, in a future world deprived of nifty chemical fixes, shag sh*t may well become a substitute for all sorts of epoxy.