{"id":1365,"date":"2015-07-17T16:10:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T00:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/?p=1365"},"modified":"2015-07-17T16:10:49","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T00:10:49","slug":"the-toad-hunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/?p=1365","title":{"rendered":"The Toad Hunter"},"content":{"rendered":"

This describes a typical day of work for a native aquatics field biologist. <\/p>\n

\"duchesne<\/a><\/p>\n

Squishy steps through the grass
\nWhat toads be hiding here?
\nI say without any sass
\nWish they were big like deer<\/p>\n

Wait<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A springing sprig?
\nNo\u2026 Whistling Wind?
\nIT\u2019S A T\u2014
\n.
\n.<\/p>\n

\u2026cricket?
\n.
\n.
\n.
\nShoot.<\/p>\n

\"Bryant's<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll find those sneaky yellow eyes
\nWhich so dolefully gaze at mine
\nWhich, somehow, never seem surprised
\nIt\u2019ll be far too late to whine<\/p>\n

Wait<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A bustle of brown?
\nDown on the ground?
\nIT\u201dS GOT TO BE A T\u2014
\n.
\n.
\n\u2026bird?
\n.
\n.
\n.<\/p>\n

Nuts.<\/p>\n

\"Columbia<\/a><\/p>\n

I peak beneath a tree
\nSometimes they hide in there
\nDon\u2019t much like the sun, see
\nOr maybe birds in air.<\/p>\n

Wait<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Can it be?
\nAre they here?
\nIT\u2019S DEFINATELY A T\u2014
\n.
\n.
\n\u2026vole?<\/p>\n

.
\n.
\n.
\nRats.<\/p>\n

\"Baby<\/a><\/p>\n

Hours and hours I\u2019m searching
\nFor just one single clue
\nMiles and miles of lurching
\nWhere? If only I knew!<\/p>\n

Wait<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I heard a splash.
\nBehind my back.
\nIT CAN ONLY BE A T\u2014
\n.
\n.<\/p>\n

\u2026rain?
\n.
\n.
\n.
\nLovely.<\/p>\n

\"Badger<\/a><\/p>\n

I would settle for eggs,
\nEven some tadpoles would do
\nIt\u2019s not about frog legs
\nI just want toads in this goo<\/p>\n

Wait<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A rustling leaf?
\nSome black and white?
\nIT MIGHT JUST BE A T\u2014
\n.
\n.<\/p>\n

\u2026Skunk?
\n.
\n.
\n.
\n.
\n.
\n.
\nAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

\"Bryant's<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This describes a typical day of work for a native aquatics field biologist. Squishy steps through the grass What toads be hiding here? I say without any sass Wish they were big like deer Wait. A springing sprig? No\u2026 Whistling Wind? IT\u2019S A T\u2014 . . \u2026cricket? . . . Shoot. I\u2019ll find those sneaky […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2xIrS-m1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1365"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1384,"href":"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365\/revisions\/1384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}