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My container was nearly full, so I retreated back toward the car, stopping to explain to Lee Trott — I would turn on the air conditioning in the car to cool it off.
I heard distress calls and scolding birds on the other side of head-high raspberry bushes. On investigating, I saw that Indigo Bunting, grackles, Orchard Orioles, Song Sparrows and Redwinged Blackbirds were hovering over and flying in and out of an alder growing beside a lake.
What was the cause of such bird frenzy?
The birds fled and fell silent as I approached the shrub. I parted the thick foliage of the alder and found myself within two feet of a very large black rat snake. The snake drew back and
opened its mouth in a V threatening way. I reacted
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