Hey Bill….y’all beat me, but not by much. I’ve pretty much seen everything you have except the coyote, sandhill crains and bald eagle (tho I did see an osprey)….and I’m just 15 minutes north of downtown Grand Rapids. I have about an acre with a small jump-across stream running thru the backyard. And a big flood plain area beyond that nobody can build on.

Caught 4’ and 5’ blue racers a couple years back. I’ve seen a few box turtles, an enormous snapper looking for a place to lay eggs (probably 30 lbs or so). And an almost entirely white “striped” skunk. ;-)

And we get a spectacular fire fly display during the summer months when we get enough springtime rain.

I’m a former forestry major and I just eat this stuff up. ;-)

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Metaphors be with you!
(okay...I stole that ;-)