Fairies and Elves

Reading Thoreau's journal, he mentions ferries and elves. 

My tortoise meditation friend. He's a red eared slider, same species as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Supposedly it's a pet species, and thus fairly invasive since humans are messy. They're from the midwest. They're on the list of the top 100 invasive species. "Red-eared slider turtles are the world's most commonly traded reptile, due to their relatively low price, and usually low food price, small size, and easy maintenance." And, "Reptiles are asymptomatic (meaning they suffer no adverse side effects) carriers of bacteria of the genus Salmonella."

My birder friend helped me to identify the hawk as a Coopers Hawk. Ran into the birder and the fisherman. I'm the meditator. There's a joke in there somewhere. Or a loan.

Tracked down a renaming of birds article.