(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . IAN: Thursday 6/20/2024 Birds, Squirrels, and Dreams [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-19 The mocking birds must have chicks near by. I don’t see them and their sounds would blend into the other bird noises. But there is a squirrel who has started coming around and the birds are not happy about him. As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, etc.), we are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care! IAN is a great group to join, and a good place to learn to write diaries. Drop one of us a PM to be added to the Itzl Alert Network anytime! We all share the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone who reads IAN to write diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news! Monday Youffraita Tuesday: bigjacbigjacbigjac Wednesday Pam from Calif Thursday art ah zen Friday FloridaSNMOM Saturday FloridaSNDad Sunday loggersbrat The squirrel has started running back and forth on the wires than run down our fence lines every morning. As he runs along, the birds have been dive bombing him, squawking and carrying on something fierce. He hangs on, gets to the pole two houses down from us, and then runs down the pole to the yard where there is no dog. Razzle demands to be let out to follow his progress every day now. She doesn’t bark, she knows she isn’t going to get him and that he won’t come down to her but she is fascinated watching him. When he is gone, she comes in and goes back to sleep. She dreams a lot, barks, sniffs, legs running in her sleep. She is probably chasing the squirrel in her dreams. In writing this diary, I looked up if squirrels would eat eggs or birds, hence the posture of the parent mocking birds. The answer is yes they will. I had no idea. They prefer plant matter but will take advantage of a situation and actually need eggs shells for the calcium. If the cats dream, I have not discerned it. But I have no reason to think they don’t. I saw something about octopuses changing color while they dream. How cool is that? And then there is Phillip K. Dick’s question concerning androids and electric sheep. Have a good day. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/19/2247547/-IAN-Thursday-6-20-2024-Birds-Squirrels-and-Dreams?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/