…including downey, red-bellied, nuthatch, chickadee, house finch, cardinal, jay, and lots of Little Brown Jobs.
Feeder nearly emptied in half a day.

“Our politics, economics, advertising, and religions (New Age and Old) are awash in credulity. Those who have something to sell, those who wish to influence public opinion, those in power…have a vested interest in discouraging skepticism.

As I've tried to stress, at the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes-an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive, and the most ruthlessly skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense. The collective enterprise of creative thinking and skeptical thinking, working together, keeps the field on track.”
—Carl Sagan

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