I have a Gulf Coast toad living in my garage. I went to take out the trash and he was sitting in the middle of the floor, not caring about my movements at all. Usually he hops away from me, but not today.

It turns out that there were grubs under the trash bags. Here is a video of him eating one. I used to think he used the garage as home base and went outside to eat. I guess that isn’t always necessary. Good toad.

I found an interesting feather getting out of my car at home. It was a dark gray with iridescent bronze sheen, and white edges. A new-to-me feather. I took a picture and put it into the iNaturalist app. The AI identification was no use: “bird”. The community of real people, however, came back with the answer: roadrunner. Neat!

We do have at least one pair of roadrunners that live in the area, so the identification makes sense. And it is molting season for most of the wild birds and my chickens, so the feather was most likely naturally shed, rather than the result of an attack.