Sure, scan the trees and sky for spring migration, but keep an eye out for what's underfoot! In the field down by the ponds the architect of the extensively mounded soil popped his head up for a leafy snack - a Camas pocket gopher! And a big chunky boy at that! With his back turned, just a big brown rodent. Face on, super alien looking! The long top and bottom incisors grow _outside_ the lips, so the front view of the face is all ginormous monster-teeth, all the time!
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