Follow Friday 4-19-24: Dean Winchester

Today's theme is Dean Winchester, a character in the television show Supernatural.

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Birdfeeding

Today is partly cloudy and cool.  We got a good soaking rain last night.  There are floodles in some fields.

I fed the birds.  I've seen several house finches and a pair of cardinals.

While we were out, I saw two nearby yards, one with 4-6 purple martin houses and another with 2 houses, both yards having resident flocks of dark little birds swarming the houses, so I surmise those were purple martins.  :D   They're supposed to be found in this area, and plenty of folks have houses for them, but this was the first time I can remember actually seeing the birds.

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

Illinois is now home to a federally-recognized tribal nation

Illinois is, once again, home to a federally recognized tribal nation. 175 years ago, Potawatomi Chief Shab-eh-nay left his home in DeKalb County to visit family in Kansas. He returned home to find the U.S. government had illegally sold 1,280 acres of his northern Illinois land. The tribe says the U.S. Department of the Interior has now placed portions of that land into a trust for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.

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Today's Adventures

Today we went out for errands. I think we wound up with 11 stops total.

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