Random Misobservations

A french one a friend sent me, we send each other pictures of doors for.... reasons.

The direct translation is "door out of use" and "just like us all", but the french word for "out of use" also means "doomed". So it would be something like "door doomed, just like us all".

As you may have seen, I have been using this frog-themed birdbath as a feed bowl to attract birds for my latest photography project.

It was working well and it added a fun element to my photos.

But the other morning I went to refill the bowl with bird food and it had been knocked over and frog heads were gone.

Then I saw this.

Clearly, the groundhog was the culprit.

Lock him up.

He's guilty.

The monster even returned to the scene of the crime to admire his murderous vandalism.

Case closed.

OR IS IT?

A new suspect appears!

One of the fox teenagers has been snacking on spilled bird food.

Could he have jumped up to the bowl? Could he have knocked it over to claim more unsalted peanuts for himself?

DID HE FRAME THE GROUNDHOG?

This case is a mess. All I have is circumstantial evidence and speculation. No confession. No eyewitness to the frogicide.

What would Columbo do?

Perhaps he would set a trap so that the culprit would incriminate themselves. He might leave the birdbath filled with tasty bird chow overnight, set up a camera, and see if the groundhog or the fox take the bait and expose themselves as the villain.

JUST ONE MORE THING...

England [18]

Today's Exhibit of the Day is a blast from the past! This archival image, snapped in 1938, depicts Museum preparators sculpting a model Triceratops. This large herbivore could reach lengths of 28 ft (8.5 m). The model pictured here isn't on display today, but Triceratops fans can spot a fossil skeleton in the Hall of Ornithischian Dinosaurs.