This lovely was very curious as to who was splashing around behind the hedgerow. (I was outside mucking about to see if my saturated backyard, inaccessible most of the year because of the ticks [still came in with near a couple of dozen], was anywhere close to becoming a vernal wetland. Jury is still out on that, but given the number of young ticks--more than adults!--I won't be making many more forays back there any time soon.)
