The seed in question was round and reddish brown, about half the diameter of a pea, with a black dot at one end. It was familiar enough — you see it in just about any bag of bird seed mix you can buy ...

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A few weeks ago I noticed that my backyard bird feeder was running low on seed — time for a refill. The feeder wasn’t completely empty, however: At the bottom there remained a large pile of one ...