animals seen on bike ride

I went out today to ride my bicycle before work (before the weather turned drizzly and dreary). I took my camera with me, intending to take snapshots of the trail that I travel. I have a very small memory card, unfortunately, so I didn't get the complete trip. Maybe later I'll post the landscape that I travel through, but I figured I'd just post the animals that I encountered today.

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The neighbor's cat waited by the door as I stepped outside, hoping that I'd feed her (which I sometimes do).

On the northbound trail, I met two geese and their goslings.

Southbound, I get to see an island in the middle of the Mississippi where birds (I think cranes) nest.

I wish I had video available. One crane would spiral down around the island to land, pick up a stick, then spiral back upwards to the nest to deposit the stick.

And a rabbit near the trail.