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Help! I Have A Chicken In My Backyard

Am I Seeing Things?

About four days ago, when things turned bitter cold here in Nashville, I was surveying my backyard to see how my feeder levels were doing.  Then, I saw it.  At the top of my back fence was a hen staring longingly at the corn cob I had put up for my squirrel friends.  At first I thought it must be some kind of grouse or fowl but I soon realized this was not the case.  I had a chicken in my backyard that I have no idea where it came from.  It appears healthy and it apparently goes somewhere after the corn dries up.  As we do not live in a rural area, finding the owner may be a bit of task.

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My Apologies And My Excuse

I’ve Been Lax But Not On Purpose

This post may qualify as Too Much Information for many of you and you are welcome to bug out and wait for my next post anywhere you become uncomfortable.

Like many people, I have been dealing with hemorrhoids off and on for the last twenty or so years.  When I’m eating and exercising like I should be, they have remained an annoyance of a few times a year at most.

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BirdOculars.com Site To Be Rebuilt

It Was Never About The Money

Over two years ago, I set out to build a blog where I could share and swap birding stories and information with people who had similar interests.  I added a binoculars section to help pay the bills and to present products I thought my readers would be interested in.  Unfortunately, I didn’t know what I was doing and the site started to take on a look of a store rather than a blog.  I’ve learned a lot since I started the blog and I’m going to make some changes.  Here are some of them.

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