Since I just made a promise to you good folk, I cannot tell you about the count that I reached tonight/this morning (it’s just before 1 AM as I type this,) which was a whopping 57, um… somethings. That’s really not shabby at all for late November, but it’s quite warm out there, 18°c, after an even warmer day, so these unspecified critters were taking advantage of it. Note, too, that when I was counting last, I was only counting the juveniles, the ones that may have actually been born this year (though I don’t have the best grip on how quickly they grow to adult size.) This time I was counting every individual found, even though the vast majority of them were juvies.
I still consider it a remarkable number, with 12 alongside the driveway alone. So come back next week for the good news.