AND DISCOURSES UPON A MULTITUDE of other topics from our once and future guest, Jett, distinguish this episode. This particular fowl haunts marshes and shores and, as we shall see, roosts in trees. Found in a wide variety of aquatic habitats, around both fresh and salt water, including marshes, rivers, ponds, mangrove swamps, tidal flats, canals, rice fields and soggy ground, it is a striking and beautiful creature. Yes, the Black-crowned Night Heron nests in groves of trees, and some of these are threatened, in Oakland, by the usual menace, a "developer." Evolution trained this bird to habituate thickets, in some places on the ground, usually on islands or above water, perhaps to avoid predators. Well, sir, we start with Clark Ashton Smith, then veer wildly to Jett's efforts on behalf of the Natural World. A conversation ensues. Could this be your cup of Moxie?