Birdfeeding

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Today is cloudy and mild.  It rained off and on yesterday through last night.

Our new garden shed arrived!  :D 3q3q3q!!!

I moved the goddess statue from its garden indoors for the winter.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a flock of sparrows.  I heard a woodpecker drumming but didn't see it.

I put out water for the birds and watered a few plants.

I took pictures of the new shed to post later.

EDIT 11/6/24 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 11/6/24 -- I planted 12 daffodils around the last oak seedling in the savanna, half plain and half mixed.  I also planted 5 of the weird sprouting heads from the echinacea into the big bluestem patch of the prairie garden.

I've seen a tufted titmouse, a male downy woodpecker, and a male fox squirrel in the forest garden.  The suet in the cage is well-pecked now, so the birds have been going at it.  I startled a flock of mourning doves in the forest garden.

EDIT 11/6/24 -- I planted 12 more daffodils, 6 under the mulberry in the house yard and 6 under Home Base.

As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.

Terror Birds

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Fossil of huge terror bird offers new information about wildlife in South America 12 million years ago

Evolutionary biologists report they have analyzed a fossil of an extinct giant meat-eating bird -- which they say could be the largest known member of its kind -- providing new information about animal life in northern South America millions of years ago.
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The bone, found in the fossil-rich Tatacoa Desert in Colombia, which sits at the northern tip of South America, is believed to be the northernmost evidence of the bird in South America thus far.

The size of the bone also indicates that this terror bird may be the largest known member of the species identified to date, approximately 5%-20% larger than known Phorusrhacids, Cooke says. Previously discovered fossils indicate that terror bird species ranged in size from 3 feet to 9 feet tall.


I love terror birds. I mean, I'm glad they aren't around herenow, but they really are awesome. It's like they missed the memo that they weren't supposed to be big scary dinosaurs anymore.

Photos: New Shed

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Our new garden shed arrived today! :D 3q3q3q!!! I'm so excited. It's made by Everlast, which has distributors in a bunch of places around central Illinois.

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