Your mother and I are very proud.

I found this in the bushes a while ago.  Chicago is reputed to have a lush and varied ecology– and I’ve certainly seen hawks munching pigeons in the church parking lot down the street from my house.  This little guy though: all hunkered down in the woodchips, living quite well off of the stuff students leave out or toss away.  He probably fits as well into his niche in the bioregion as he does into his little hutch of hasta.