Most birds dont fly at night. When I was netting birds with our ornithologist, the
last birds we caught at sunset were left in a cage overnight cause if we released
them they would flutter to the ground and be sitting ducks for predators. I suspect
this one was disturbed in the tree and fluttered down to the ground.
crayfish molt.. shed their skin when they grow. they are detritus feeders. Ingrid

"Sue Alexandre" wrote:
Second discovery was kind of strange, I found a bird sitting on the grass
under a hosta. Since when do birds sleep on the ground????
Third thing I then spotted in the pond was a fairly large crayfish. I knew
my kids had put two in there last year, and I found one "body" when opening
this spring, just kind of assumed they both had died. Now WHERE this guy
seems to be hanging out is right where I found the dead fish. So I can't
help but wonder if the fish got attacked, but he looked perfectly intact
when I removed him.

Any ideas why birds sleep on the ground, why fish die, or why crayfish
attack fish? OK, skip the last one. I guess even crayfish have to eat!
Sue