Friday Feathered Friend
This week's image and words are courtesy of Louise Thomas. It is a few years old but still funny.
"Just a spot of birding at our local park and this happened. I've got to stop dressing in green and thinking be still like a tree. I feel like a Disney princess (albeit years after filming when they have become old and crazy and someone no longer does their hair and makeup). I tried to scrape it off with one finger and it climbed onto that finger - it was like mobile chuddy or a sticking plaster, and I strongly resisted the urge to flick my hand. I managed to coax him onto an actual tree branch. His Mum turned up and growled. Called him an idiot.
Goldfinch fledgling. Photo courtesy of my daughter Lilly."
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I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
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