The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds

"The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds" by George Henry Weiss is a science fiction tale where a mining engineer named Talbot encounters a strange bird coming from a mine, kickstarting a chain of abnormal happenings. Odd globes start to fall on Oracle, Arizona, causing rapid jungle growth and disorder. The heart of the story looks at science exploration and the possible dangers of messing with nature. Talbot and his sidekick, Manuel, struggle with the appearance of these atypical birds and globes that cause problems for their town and other places. They uncover that these creatures are linked to Professor Reubens, who was playing around with a super-microscope leading to opening a doorway to a tiny strange world filled with intelligent birds. The birds are fighting back against people. With time running out, Talbot must make a risky trip into the mine to stop the source of the invasion, leading to a big fight to prevent worldwide destruction.