THROW BACK (WAY BACK) THURSDAY

Happy Halloween!

Wishing you and yours a Happy Halloween, dear reader. In honor of this holiday, I'm sharing a video that I recently discovered in my Facebook newsfeed. It is evidently from the 1970's and features celebrities, Paul Lynde, Billie Hayes, Betty White and Margaret Hamilton.

Sunday's Sequel

CARDINALS ARE FEATURED IN "WORDS IN OUR BEAK"

"I'm molting! I'm molting," a cardinal told me when I saw him in Central Park the other Sunday (it was a very hot day). His words made me think of The Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton seen in the image below) from The Wizard of Oz, ultimately saying, "I'm melting! I'm melting!"

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But the cardinal was far from wicked, for even though he was molting and it was very hot, he pecked at seeds that had fallen on a rock in order to feed them to his fledging!

CARDINALS ARE FEATURED IN "WORDS IN OUR BEAK"

As you know, dear reader,  cardinals are featured in my book series, Words In Our Beak.

MY BOOK SERIES