Barred owls begin their morning hoot-fest, triggering a gobbler to sound off on the high levee. Despite the clamor, your passing does not go unnoticed. Alarmed deer snort from the banks. Turtles plop from their basking logs. A beaver slaps the water.
Wood ducks explode from the shallows and whistle off upstream.
A crashing in the trees is probably only a hog, but you smile to think it just might be one of the Delta s bears putting a safe distance between him and you.