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References:

• A comprehensive treatise by Thomas Everest:
  https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/32164-a-note-on-banana-slugs

• https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/truthseqr/20542-california-banana-slugs

The Old Man of the Lake. Per Wikipedia, “Fontinalis, a moss present in the waters of Crater Lake at a depth of 394 feet (120 m), also grows on the Old Man of the Lake, the only place the moss is found near the surface.”

some kind of pathogen. Scoped the brown pustules on adaxial surface (10th picture) and couldn't make heads or tails of it - amorphous brown granular blobs. In this respect it reminded me a lot of this https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149689475

Two bats tonight.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/176358441
about a meter apart with a rafter between them.

It seems that if I leave the porch light on and check around 10:00 I'm likely to find one. Don't know how long they stick around after I turn the light off, but they haven't been there in the morning.

I'm like 95% sure this is a Lesser Yellowlegs? Yellowish legs with a straight bill (no upturn) and no complete eyering leads me away from Greater Yellowlegs or Solitary Sandpiper. I'd love other opinions though; shorebirds are still tricky for me