-- A baby black cat (that looked more like a panther than pet).
-- Red foxes and grey foxes.
-- A barred owl sitting in the middle of the road in broad daylight, just plunked there on the pavement. It flew away with some difficulty when the truck approached and then perched on a nearby branch forever, it seemed like, until a barred owl buddy came to its "rescue," flying over my head, perching on a nearby branch forever, it seemed like, until both winged away into the deeper woods.
-- One hot hawk, our "Glade Road broadwing hawk," as we call it, soaring yesterday in broad circles high above our home, like a watchhawk. Then, its observations completed, it made a straight beeline due South. Other broadwings here and there are beating the bushes on the local rights of way.
-- Coming home this morning, a baby black bear is loping along the road just above the Law Ground Creek waterfall, not in any hurry. These beasts of the mountains, even as babies, own their territory. Then, it crossed the road and scrambled up a vertical rock wall to its own place in the deeper woods.
We are blessed to see such abundant wildlife in our midst, even the ones that seem a bit awry. Good omens, overall.
