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pasture above, I came
on to an Ivory-billed
Woodpecker and got it after
some difficulty (as he)
it was not particularly shy.
It was a male with
red throat patches and
white iris therein differing
from the female of Olds.
yesterday, I did not
intend finding what appears
to be a Possum nest.
While charging thru the
gross I came into a globular
bust composed of large leaves
of white fluffy appearance
and somewhat spherical in
general shape & a mouse
bust. I looked it nevertheless
and out jumped an old
Possum as big as a rat.
(House rat) She was weasel
color and looked like
a rodent but the young
that were clinging to
her when disrupted because
thru the weed stalks
by hanging on their tails
which were extremely
flexible and wrapped
completely around the
Twig's the action of the