What It Feels Like For a Ferret Watcher
10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2012
She looks at us, then ducks down, then back up, as we draw closer. We’ll do this until the dawn breaks over eastern Montana. She’s dealt with creatures like us before; it was unpleasant but not fatal. Also ferrets are curious animals, explorers, willing to take risks; they’ve had to be. At the hole’s edge, we watch for a minute.
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