"I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder ... and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulet which I could have worn."

(from the chapter "Winter Animals" in Walden)

MUSIC:

"Backwards Flow (Instrumental)" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist.

"Blackbird Reverie (Instrumental)" by Chad Crouch, https://www.soundofpicture.com/, used by courtesy of a licensing agreement with the artist.

SOUND CREDITS:

Barred Owl: Lance A. M. Benner, XC486052. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/486052.

Canada Goose: Meena Haribal, XC543318. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/543318

Great Horned Owl: Lance A. M. Benner, XC595324. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/595324

Squirrel on roof: courtesy of Darius Kedros. Accessible at https://freesound.org/s/276857/

Squirrel chatter, courtesy of bmccoy2. Accessible at https://freesound.org/s/342105/

Blue Jay: Denis Provencher, XC754448. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/754448.

Black-capped Chickadee: Ian Davies, XC51770. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/51770.

Black-capped Chackadee: Paul Marvin, XC299725. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/299725.

My Heart Leaps Into My Mouth

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