Yesterday morning, as I was drinking coffee and dreading my mid-afternoon visit to the dentist, I heard a rooster in my backyard. While I do live in Louisiana, this is not a common sound. My house is in the downtown of the second largest city in the state. It is not a wild place, but we do have our fair share of urban critters. Raccoons have invaded my attic in the past. There are rats in the canal behind my house. There were even rabbits across the street for a few months. Click here for the full article over at Country Roads Magazine.