Writing a post about feathered dinosaurs yesterday gave me the shot in the arm I needed to jump back into my book project. I’ve spent so much time reading old papers and concerning myself with the thoughts of Victorian scientists that I had almost forgotten that I needed to bring the chapter up to date with the latest information. Sifting through the literature on dinosaurs like Dilong and Sinosauropteryx allowed me to set up the end-point that I want the birds/dinosaurs chapter to reach (it does help to know where you’re going). I will have to do a little more research on Mesozoic birds as I am not as familiar with them as I should be, but I feel