eta: It took me quite a while to find out what kind of bird this is. I finally tracked down the original photographer Edwin Kats, who i.d.'s it as a Bearded Reedling. He's in Holland, so not a bird I've seen around here! I'm going to link to his website because there is such amazing animal photographs that others might enjoy. https://500px.com/edwinkats

Talk about inflation, our state DEP says there's been a 20% increase in the bear population this year!

eld, no joke. I just watched an old movie, Dial 1119, from 1950 that was ahead of its time for sure. Dialing 911 for emergency didn't come out until almost 20 years later and they had a flat screen TV in the corner over the bar which wouldn't be available for another almost 50 years!

I especially like the "dessert island." Many people misspell this term. For example, a "desert island" is an island that is a desert and has little rainfall and few plants, but it can still have people, although generally not very many. Some of the Galapagos Islands are deserts. Only four of the Galapagos Islands are inhabited, and the rest are deserted, if you do not count wildlife. A "deserted island" has no people, but it can have plenty of plants and rainfall, although it can also be a desert, like some of the Galapagos.