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A Pine Cone
A Pitch Pine Cone (Pinus rigida), containing the beautiful Fibonacci sequence. So many examples of it in nature — pineapples, seedheads, sea shells, spiral galaxies, are just a few. Totally fascinating. _______________________________________________________________________ If you would like to receive my daily blog posts by email, sign up here!
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Feeding the Birds
Say, “Feeding the birds” and one thinks immediately of going to the store to get shelled peanuts, hulled sunflower seeds, mixing up a batch of suet, and then getting all the required feeders. But the Goldfinches (Spinus tristis) that are coming to my yard right now are seldom visiting the feeders. Instead they’re enjoying seedheads,…