A Tasty Treat in the Cedar Bush?

Windy today, after foggy, and the thunderstorm, and now sunshine, surrounded by big fluffy clouds, dark in places.

I got out after the world had dried up a little. There was a ruby-crowned kinglet in the snowball bush again this morning, but gone now. The juncos weren't around, and I realized that I've scarcely seen a goldfinch in the last week or so. Goldfinches are year-round birds here, but go scarce periodically. I don't know if the same flock stays here all winter or if flocks are moving around a larger area--different ones dropping by.

The flock of yellow-rumped warblers of last night were not around. But there were some sparrows--little brown birds one might say. They were large and rusty, like the fox sparrow, but not behaving like fox sparrows, who I most often see foraging on the ground. Nor were the streaks on the breast rust--juvenile maybe?

Saw this living tree topped, by the recent winds I guess.
Gave me pause being in there on this windy day!
The other critters on the move at this time of the year are the frogs and toads. The other night I barely missed many, many crossing the highway. Today I saw these guys.

This has to be an American toad--it's the only one we've got around here.
But doesn't that look like more than two warts per spot?
Too close to the edge--but at least you can see an eye.

Blurry leopard frog
Also in the cedar bush, a jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum), almost faded away, but with this very showy clump of fruit. Sweet and tasty too! But left a little stingy, burny itch in a few places in my mouth. I've heard that if it's sweet it's probably safe to eat. I only identified the plant after I came home, so I only sampled one berry. A quick Google search turns up quite a few poisoning advice pages, though the focus seems to be on the leaves, stem, and roots and not so much the ripe fruit. Probably a good thing I didn't make a meal of it though.