The tree is in my front garden. It’s a red breasted sapsucker and I also get pileated woodpeckers

Your book looks interesting. I’ll take a look

It’s a regular Venice water taxi

When I lived there, a portion of the beleaguered fishing fleet ran drugs from Europe. My memory of the place is a bit foggy.

Maybe the Dildo mounted police

The opposite of “Troglodytes Troglodytes” the Wren.

You have to cross the Styx to get to the underworld just saying