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In the Full Octember
Nov. 4th, 2018 11:22 pmSo, at the Iranian hate-in, they're calling for death to... Colonel Sanders. Srsly. Check out the signs in the back.
https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/11/920/518/Iran-Demonstrators-AP-1.jpg?ve=1&tl=1
They apparently believe that he has something to do with automobiles.
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Yesterday, while hauling some stuff out to the brushpile out back, I found two *more* bird's nests of which I'd been unaware. The place was pretty much a bird factory this summer, which pleases me, although I wish I'd have been more aware of what was happening all around me. One is a tiny little hummingbird's nest. The other looks like a robin's cup nest, but probably isn't, since it's still in pretty good shape. Robins use mud to cement their nests together. While the nest is in use, mom or dad sit on it during the rain, and keep the nest and babies dry, and the mud layer makes it quite sturdy. Once it's abandoned, it usually falls apart the first or second time it rains. This was still in very good condition, but too high to really examine without bringing out the ladder.
On the way back, I decided to look inside the little bluebird house (the one that the wrens took over) again, as the other day I'd opened it on a whim and found out that someone had been lining it with grass after I'd cleaned it out for the winter. That proved to be a mistake. No sooner had I touched the latch than out flew a panicked sparrow hen. I really should have known better than to have done that. It was almost dark, and I knew someone was building a cold weather shelter there, so ought reasonably to have expected it to have been occupied at that time of day. So, I scared her out of her warm dry place for the night, even though I didn't intend to.
https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/11/920/518/Iran-Demonstrators-AP-1.jpg?ve=1&tl=1
They apparently believe that he has something to do with automobiles.
*****
Yesterday, while hauling some stuff out to the brushpile out back, I found two *more* bird's nests of which I'd been unaware. The place was pretty much a bird factory this summer, which pleases me, although I wish I'd have been more aware of what was happening all around me. One is a tiny little hummingbird's nest. The other looks like a robin's cup nest, but probably isn't, since it's still in pretty good shape. Robins use mud to cement their nests together. While the nest is in use, mom or dad sit on it during the rain, and keep the nest and babies dry, and the mud layer makes it quite sturdy. Once it's abandoned, it usually falls apart the first or second time it rains. This was still in very good condition, but too high to really examine without bringing out the ladder.
On the way back, I decided to look inside the little bluebird house (the one that the wrens took over) again, as the other day I'd opened it on a whim and found out that someone had been lining it with grass after I'd cleaned it out for the winter. That proved to be a mistake. No sooner had I touched the latch than out flew a panicked sparrow hen. I really should have known better than to have done that. It was almost dark, and I knew someone was building a cold weather shelter there, so ought reasonably to have expected it to have been occupied at that time of day. So, I scared her out of her warm dry place for the night, even though I didn't intend to.
