I have finally received proof that birds really are modern dinosaurs.
A reader sent me this photo.

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At a party at the rectory one time my friend R. and I must have been talking about our belief that dinosaurs and humans did not live contemporaneously, as some “creationists” who always set up a display at the Madison Farmers’ Market believe. Also R. professes to like foods that are especially fake and manufactured.
R.: The dinosaurs, sadly, didn’t get to enjoy Pop Tarts.
Me: That’s not so, I have fed them to my grey parrot.
You’ll go down in history for this discovery Father!
Snort!!
Oh my gosh, that’s too funny!
Who put that in the feeder? I’m sure that the birds were pretty ticked off to see it!
Hmmm… Could this possibly be the illusive Triceridactyl?
If an armed action figure were straddling the bloom opposite the dinosaur (and the feeder were empty) I would have no choice but to conclude that someone had been trespassing in my yard! Sometimes I find the craziest things while picking up after the kids. That’s what I get for allowing the boys to learn to read by reading Calvin and Hobbes. On a related note, they now make Hot Wheels with magnets in the chassis. Which means the children’s toy cars can chug up the door frame of my SUV, over the roof, and down the other side. Joy!