Hestia
Hestia's JournalNewb questions about birds/birding
We put our houseplants on the deck in the spring/summer/fall. Late July, went outside to water and there was a birds nest in the plant! It is a 10 y/o Monstera Plant, so the branches are really thick and strong. What's different this year is that my sister gave us a column type bird feeder. We used to have a lot of birds in our backyard but the last year or two, not so many. West Nile has run rampant in our area and it has been so sad to not see the birds any longer. We have some back with the feeder but nothing like there used to be.
Is it normal for birds to lay eggs so late in the year? I believe (!) it is a song sparrow or white tip sparrow (it has a small white crest).
The female laid 4 eggs - 1 blue-ish speckled and 3 brown/gray/black speckled.
All four hatched but only two fledged but we did not see any bodies of the nestlings. What happens to the bodies? Do the moms take the bodies away or move them after hatching or something?
My husband took the nest out and he was totally impressed with the nest engineering. The bird built the nest along the curve of the pot and wove it in with the monstera plant lower branches. It took awhile to remove it. He was sad to have to take it out but didn't want to bring the plant in for the winter with a nest in it.
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I did not know that male cardinals were such bullies. We have a weathervane in a big pot on the deck also and only the smallest of birds can use it to perch. Two fledgings were using it to sing their hearts out. It was like when a puppy finds its voice. I was really enjoying watching and listening to them - they were so little bitty. Here comes the male cardinal (there is a m/f pair that live full time in the backyard) who hovers in front of them and uses his wings to chase them off. Of course, they appeared scared and never saw them again. The cardinals have also chased off the goldfinches.
Thank you!
Little Rock groupie 'Sweet Sweet Connie' of Grand Funk fame dies at 66
Little Rock groupie 'Sweet Sweet Connie' of Grand Funk fame dies at 66
Legacy lives on in band's tune
by Bill Bowden | Today at 7:30 a.m.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/aug/23/little-rock-groupie-sweet-sweet-connie-of-grand/
Arkansas' most famous rock 'n' roll groupie has died.
By all accounts, Connie Hamzy died Saturday at the age of 66. The funeral home didn't want to be quoted.
They said get details from the family. But Hamzy's parents preceded her in death, and she was an only child.
More distant relatives said they heard it through social media.
"Connie was a character," said Rita Ann Lawrence of Heber Springs, Hamzy's cousin. "She was very colorful. She was always in the news."
Hamzy had Grand Funk Railroad to thank for her fame.
She's mentioned in the first verse of their defining anthem "We're an American Band":
Out on the road for forty days
Last night in Little Rock put me in a haze
Sweet, sweet Connie, doin' her act
She had the whole show and that's a natural fact
Released in 1973, the song "We're an American Band" rose to No. 1 and remained on the Billboard chart for 17 weeks.
In her later years, Hamzy could be seen around Little Rock wearing a T-shirt that read "Grand Funk'd."
more at link
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I talked to her several times and she actually was a pretty cool person. My sister had classes with her at UALR and my sister really liked her too. I'd describe her personality as Earthy. 
Isn't it nice not to have Marine 1, lawnmowers, dumpster pick up going off in the background
while PBJ & VPKH speaks? * started that the day he was inaugurated as an excuse as to why he could not hear questions from press.
Stop with the CPAC Posts! This is DU, not GQP - quit giving them cover
along with * and family. Just stop. Y'all are on the wrong board and I can't believe y'all been getting away with these posts for so long.
Enough Madness!
Why aren't the Area Agency on Aging being utilized? There is an office in every county
in the country and are the coordinators for Meals on Wheels, getting Elders to their medical appointments and document Elder Abuse. They are highly trusted by Elders in rural areas and are a known entity and, more importantly, trusted. RN's and LPN's work at the offices, along with Ombudsman's.
Why is everyone trying to reinvent the wheel when the tools are already laid out.
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